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KANSAS  SHORTHORNS 

A  HISTORY  OF  THE  BREED  IN 
THE  STATE  FROM   1857  TO  1920 


By  G.  A.  LAUDE 

Secretary  Kansas  ShortKorn 
Breeders  Association 


COMPILED  AND  PUBLISHED  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION 
OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  PUBLICATION  OF  THE 
KANSAS  SHORTHORN  BREEDERS  ASSOCIATION 


Committee  Personnel 

PARK  E.  SALTER,  Wichita,  Pres,  Kansas  Shorthorn  Breeders  Assn. 
JOHN  R.  TOMSON,  Dover,  Pies.  American  Shorthorn  Breeders  Assn. 
W.  A.  COCHEL,  Manhattan,  Field  Rep.  Am.  Shorthorn  Breeders  Assn. 
H.  M.  HILL,  Lafbntaine,  Leading  Breeder  in  Southeastern  Kansas. 
SEN.  FREMONT  LEIDY,  Leon,  Extensive  Breeder  of  Shorthorns. 


THE  LAUDB   PRINTING   COMPANY 

IOLA.    KANSAS 

1920 


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direction  of  the  Kansas  Shorthorn 
Breeders  Association  and  based  on  in- 
formation received  during  1919  and 
1920. 


Copyright  1921 
BY  G.  A.  LAUDE 


PART  I. 
INTRODUCING  SHORTHORNS 

It  is  not  in  human  nature  to  anticipate 
emergencies.  The  average  man — and  we  are 
nearly  all  average  men — goes  along  in  the  regular 
way  until  he  realizes  that  he  is  at  "the  parting 
of  the  ways,"  when  he  rises  to  the  occasion  or 
goes  down  in  defeat. 

The  Kansas  farmer  has  come  to  the  parting 
of  the  ways.  Over  the  greater  portion  of  the 
state,  in  the  region  of  the  farm  home,  he  has, 
with  few  exceptions  been  taking  from  the  soil 
bountiful  crops  until  for  natural  and  well  found- 
ed reasons  the  old  farm  is  not  so  kindly  in  culti- 
vation, nor  so  responsive  to  his  efforts  as  it  once 
was.  He  has  been  drawing  on  his  bank  account 
stored  in  the  soil  in  the  shape  of  fertility,  and 
having  made  few  if  any  deposits,  his  account  has 
run  low.  He  sees  the  warning  signals — harder 
soil,  less  resistance  to  excessively  wet  or  dry  sea- 
sons and  a  lighter  growth  of  vegetation  that  tell 
of  less  humus  and  less  available  fertility — and  he 
is  heeding  the  call  now  as  never  before. 

There  is  an  insistent  demand  for  live  stock 
on  the  farm.  Why  is  it  that  only  when  brought 
face  to  face  with  necessity  the  farmer,  both 
large  and  small,  is  planning  to  make  his  holding 
a  stock  farm?  A  cattle  farm — for  it  is  recog- 


b  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

nized  that  cattle  alone  have  the  capacity  to  turn 
the  big  crops  of  roughage  into  cash,  yet  leave 
the  farm  enriched  in  so  doing.  The  answer  is 
easy.  He  has  told  us  time  after  time  that  it  was 
easier  and  more  profitable  not  to  keep  cattle  and 
who  will  say  that  in  many  cases  he  was  not  right  ? 
But  this  was  not  altogether  a  true  answer  for 
some  have  made  a  financial  success  of  the  work. 
What  is  the  trouble  ?  The  man  who  has  failed 
to  make  cattle  pay  has  kept  the  wrong  kind  of 
cattle  or  he  has  kept  them  in  a  way  that  outraged 
the  laws  of  live  stock  husbandry.  Keeping  the 
right  kind  of  cattle  in  the  right  way  always  pays 
and  that  is  the  problem  of  the  Kansas  farmer  of 
the  present  and  of  the  future,  for  only  in  doing 
that  will  he  be  able  to  profitably  maintain  a  bal- 
ance of  soil  fertility  in  his  favor. 

When  a  farmer  begins  to  investigate  the  dif- 
ferent breeds  of  cattle  with  a  view  of  finding 
the  one  best  suited  to  his  requirements  he  will 
remember  first  of  all  that  he  wants  an  animal 
that  can  get  almost  everything  needed  for  thrift 
and  development  from  the  roughage  grown  on 
the  farm  requiring  only  a  small  amount  of  grain 
to  land  it  on  a  good  market.  He  will  remember 
that  he  needs  not  a  cow  that  will  fill  either  the 
requirements  for  beef  or  for  dairy  products 
alone,  but  one  that  will  produce  calves  equal  to 
any  breed  as  beef  animals  and  at  the  same  time 
give  milk  and  butter  for  his  family  and,  in  the 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  7 

case  of  the  small  farmer,  for  market  also.  In 
no  other  breed  is  found  so  well  this  happy  com- 
bination as  in  the  Shorthorn. 

Shorthorn  cattle  are  pre-eminently  the  great 
machine  which  turns  roughage  into  cash.  No 
other  breed  can  approach  them  in  availability 
for  this  purpose.  It  is  not  so  much  of  a  contest 
as  to  what  breed  of  cattle  will  thrive  best  on  corn, 
for  as  a  grain  consuming  machine  the  hog  will 
produce  almost  double  the  number  of  pounds  for 
each  bushel  of  corn  consumed  as  will  the  steer — 
and  for  this  purpose  the  American  hog  is  the  un- 
crowned king  of  the  universe !  Shorthorn  cattle 
with  their  big,  thick,  deep  bodies  and  capacious 
digestive  organs  can  consume  more  roughage 
and  as  a  result  get  more  pounds  of  gain  daily 
from  grass  and  rough  feeds  than  cattle  of  any 
other  breed.  This  means  that  they  can  put  on  the 
final  pounds  of  finish  for  which  grain  is  required 
more  cheaply  than  can  those  of  other  breeds,  for 
they  do  more  with  the  cheap  feeds  of  the  farm. 
Shorthorn  cattle  are  the  great  farm  cattle  for 
they  have  no  rivals  in  utilizing  the  farm  feeds 
whether  it  be  for  production  of  beef  or  for  beef 
and  milk. 

The  record  price  for  range  grass  fat  steers 
is  held  by  grade  Shorthorns  marketed  in  Chicago 
at  $18.00  per  cwt.  The  record  price  for  feeder 
cattle  is  held  by  Shorthorn  steers  sold  in  Denver 
at  $20.25  per  cwt.  The  greatest  net  return  for  a 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

carload  of  steers  at  the  International  (except 
the  grand  champion  herd  the  value  of  which  was 
enhanced  by  winning  of  the  ribbon)  was  secured 
from  a  load  of  Shorthorns.  The  International 
grand  champions  carried  a  large  percentage  of 
Shorthorn  blood.  The  highest  prices  paid  for 
steers  at  the  Missouri  River  markets  have  gone 
to  cattle  tracing  to  a  Shorthorn  foundation.  The 
additional  weight  of  approximately  200  pounds 
on  two-year-old  steers  which  carry  a  large  per- 
centage of  Shorthorn  blood  is  a  very  important 
consideration  when  cattle  sell  at  prevailing 
prices.  The  heavy  loins,  broad  backs,  deep  hind- 
quarters and  natural  flesh  of  the  Shorthorn 
make  them  the  ideal  farm  cattle. 
In  the  herd  of  Shorthorns  at  the  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College  Farm,  Manhattan,  there 
are  seven  thick-fleshed,  broad-backed,  low-set 
Scotch  cows  having  milk  records  averaging  con- 
siderably in  excess  of  7,000  pounds  of  milk  per 
year.  Their  calves  are  of  the  same  individual 
conformation  and  several  of  them  have  won 
prizes  in  the  beef  shows.  But  this  is  not  all— 
these  cows  were  not  put  to  milking  until  after 
they  had  raised  one  or  more  calves.  One  of  them 
had  nursed  her  third  calf  before  she  was  tried  as 
a  milker.  Individually  they  will  compare  with 
the  best  cows  in  the  leading  herds  of  the  country 
and  no  two  are  bred  along  the  same  line.  One  is 
a  daughter  of  Matchless  Dale,  that  sired  the  win- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

ning  steer  herd  which  the  college  had  out  tv/o 
years.  There  is  something  in  this  double-pur- 
pose achievement.  The  Shorthorn  is  the  farm- 


er's cow. 


MATCHLESS  QUEEN  100083 
Milk  record  8733.1  pounds.  Owned  by  the  Kansas  Agricultural  College. 

At  the  Breeders  Sale  at  Coff eyville,  April  4, 
1919,  twenty  Shorthorns  from  ten  months  to 
four  years  old,  none  of  them  ever  in  a  large  crowd 
before  and  many  of  them  hardly  halter  broke, 
were  led  into  Exposition  Hall.  When  surround- 
ed by  an  immense  crowd  they  stood  for  fifteen 
minutes  without  showing  any  symptoms  of  ner- 
vousness, and  in  the  sale  of  nearly  100  head  not 


10  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

a  single  animal  behaved  in  an  unbecoming  man- 
ner nor  was  the  emergency  post  provided  for 
nervous  cattle  used  once.  No  untrained  and  un- 
handled  cattle  of  any  other  breed  ever  acted  so 
well.  Shorthorn  cattle,  by  reason  of  their  quiet, 
gentle  disposition  are  the  ideal  farm  cattle. 

More  than  a  century  has  now  passed  since 
the  Shorthorn  found  its  way  from  the  rich  val- 
leys of  England  to  the  United  States.  During 
all  this  time  they  have  been  the  popular  cattle 
for  the  American  farmer.  Not  only  do  they 
provide  more  beef  than  any  other  breed  of  cattle 
but  they  also  furnish  the  family  with  all  the  milk 
and  butter  needed.  After  one  hundred  years 
they  are  firmly  established,  the  great  breed  for 
every  section  of  our  country.  Other  breeds 
may  be  prime  favorites  in  certain  localities, 
but  the  Shorthorns  are  all  right  everywhere. 
Other  breeds  come  and  go,  but  the  Shorthorn 
goes  on  forever.  They  have  established  them- 
selves in  the  eastern  part  of  our  country  where 
they  are  unrivaled  producers  of  milk  and  butter. 
Prom  Ohio  to  Kansas  and  from  Canada  to  the 
Gulf  they  are  firmly  established  and  it  is  only  in 
sections  where  they  find  any  active  competition. 
They  have  gone  to  the  ranges  of  the  central  West 
and  Southwest  where  they  became  the  maternal 
ancestry  of  the  range  cattle  that  made  Hereford 
popularity  possible.  They  are  now  the  popular 
beef  cattle  of  the  Pacific  coast  country  and  have 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


11 


no  established  rivals  in  that  section.  What  is 
it  that  made  all  this  possible  ?  For  answer,  look 
the  Shorthorn  over.  It  is  not  a  breed  of  extremes 
but  one  which  combines  the  good  qualities  which 


PRIDE'S  BESSIE  206445 

The  first  Scotch  cow  to  be  admitted  to  the  advanced  registry  for 

milking  Shorthorns.     Milk  record  9210.5  pounds.     Owned 

by  the  Kansas  Agricultural  College. 

are  demanded  by  the  farmer,  not  by  the  special- 
ist ;  they  are  riot  the  cows  that  do  one  thing  only 
but  they  combine  size,  beef,  milk,  butter.  They 
are  the  one  and  only  great  machine  that  turns 
the  rough  feeds  of  the  farm  into  ready  cash  to 
the  very  best  advantage. 


12  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Shorthorns  on  The  Beef  Market. — It  is  some- 
times stated  that  Shorthorns  do  not  command  the 
highest  market  price.  This  is  a  mistake.  Good, 
well  finished  Shorthorns  sell  at  the  highest  price 
paid.  They  have  topped  the  Kansas  City  market 
for  1920  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  letter : 

Stockyards  Station,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

7|15|20. 

Mr.  G.  A.  Laude,  Secretary, 
Humboldt,  Kansas. 

Dear  Sir: 

Replying  to  yours  of  the  13th  beg  to  say  the  cattle  we 
sold  for  Sni-A-Bar  Farms  at  $17  were  the  top  for  their 
weight  for  the  year.  Some  yearlings  brought  $17.25. 

The  Sni-A-Bar  cattle  have  always  killed  very  satisfac- 
torily and  are  particularly  liked  by  the  Harvey  people. 

Yours  truly, 

SWIFT  &  HENRY, 

by  J.  C.  Swift. 

A  Record. — H.  M.  Hill,  the  well  known  breeder 
of  Montgomery  county,  has  during  the  past  few 
years  bought  many  Shorthorn  cows  of  varying 
quality.  A  few  years  ago  he  castrated  twenty 
bull  calves.  These  calves  were  the  poorer  ones 
and  the  of f -colored  ones  from  all  the  cows  on  the 
farm  only  a  few  having  been  of  Mr.  Hill's  breed- 
ing. They  were  wintered  so  as  to  maintain  thrift 
and  a  good  growth,  and  during  the  next  summer 
were  fed  only  a  little  grain  on  pasture.  Toward 
fall  the  grain  was  increased  and  for  the  last  sixty 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  13 

days  they  were  on  full  feed.  They  were  sold  ait 
an  average  age  of  but  little  over  twenty  months 
and  brought  on  the  Kansas  City  market  $224.60 
each. 

Another  Shorthorn  Achievement. — In  the  fall 
and  early  winter  of  1918  H.  O.  Peck  &  Son,  of 
Wellington  castrated  five  out  of  twelve  bull 
calves,  these  like  Mr.  Hill's  having  been  the  ones 
undesirable  for  bulls.  They  were  calved  from 
September  to  December.  They  were  given  a 
little  grain  while  sucking  the  cows  during  the 
winter,  were  weaned  in  the  spring  and  ran  on 
pasture  the  next  summer.  They  had  access  to  a 
shed  and  alfalfa  hay  and  received  a  very  small 
grain  ration.  They  were  on  full  feed  a  little 
more  than  sixty  days  and  were  sold  at  an  average 
of  sixteen  months  at  the  Peck  farm  for  $119.70. 
This  sale  was  made  on  the  low  market  last  March. 
These  cases  show  the  value  of  pure  bred  Short- 
horn cows  as  producers  of  beef  cattle.  Only  little 
grain  is  reqiiired  for  this  class  of  cattle. 

Shorthorns  Feed  Well  for  Baby  Beef.— W.  J. 
Sayre  of  Cedar  Point,  Chase  county,  now  a  well 
known  breeder  of  Shorthorns,  was  until  recently 
a  breeder  of  Shorthorn  calves  for  beef.  These 
calves  were  nearly  all  of  his  own  breeding  from 
high  grade  and  pure  bred  cows.  During  a  period 
of  ten  years  Mr.  Sayre  fed  annually  a  carload 
of  these  calves  and  nine  years  out  of  the  ten  he 
topped  the  Kansas  City  market  on  baby  beeves 


14 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


for  the  year.  An  account  of  the  one  time  he 
failed  to  sell  at  the  highest  price  for  the  year  is 
given  in  a  -letter  as  follows  : 


MR.   AND   MRS.   W.   J.   SAYRE 


Cedar  Point,  Kansas. 
July  25,  1920. 


Dear  Mr.  Laude: 


I  think  I  have  told  you  why  1  failed  to  receive  the 
top  price  one  year.  It  was  because  mine  were  too  heavy. 
The  buyers  were  wanting  them  very  small  that  spring  and 
some  500  pound  S.  M.  S.  heifers  sold  a  little  higher  than 
my  Shorthorns,  but  the  Shorthorns  brought  many  more 
dollars.  Several  times  I  have  bought  the  very  best  Here- 
fords  I  could  buy  and  fed  them  with  my  own  and  at  110 
time  did  any  of  them  gain  as  much  as  the  Shorthorns  and 
only  on  one  occasion  were  they  good  enough  to  sell  with 
them. 


Sincerely, 


W.  J.  SAYRE. 


A    HISTORY    OF    S11ORTHOKNS    IN    KANSAS  15 

Shorthorn  Show  Steers. — Aside  from  an  oc- 
casional steer  and  a  few  carloads  shown  by  indi- 
viduals it  lias  remained  for  the  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College  to  carry  on  the  production 
of  show  steers.  The  great  success  which  has  at- 
tended their  efforts  has  attracted  international 
attention  to  Kansas  as  one  of  the  leading  states 
to  be  reckoned  with  at  the  big  American  shows. 
The  steers  shown  by  the  college  in  recent  years 
were  nearly  all  sired  by  the  now  thirteen-year-old 
Matchless  Dale,  a  bull  that  has  proved  himself 
one  of  the  great  sires  of  the  breed.  In  ordinary 
pasture  flesh  Matchless  Dale  weighed  2400 
pounds  and  no  one  ever  handled  a  mellower  hide. 
His  splendid  disposition,  wonderful  quality  a^id 
character  have  won  the  admiration  of  every 
breeder  that  has  seen  him.  The  record  made  by 
steers  sired  by  him  is  remarkable.  The  college 
has  shown  eighteen  steers  sired  by  Matchless 
Dale  that  have  been  placed  not  lower  than  third 
at  the  American  Royal  or  International  Live 
Stock  Shows.  At  the  American  Royal  they  won 
two  championships,  nine  firsts,  seven  seconds 
and  six  thirds.  At  the  International  they  won 
one  championship,  two  reserve  championships, 
six  firsts,  four  seconds  and  three  thirds. 

A  Notable  Carlot  From  Kansas. — It  was  in 
about  1910  that  a  car  load  of  all  red  yearling- 
steers  found  their  way  to  the  American  Royal. 
They  came  from  near  Lancaster  in  Atchisoii 


16  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

county  and  proved  little  less  than  a  national  sen- 
sation. Their  uniformity  and  general  excellence 
were  remarkable  and  before  the  final  contest  it 
was  admitted  by  all  interested  parties  that  they 
were  the  best  load  of  steers  on  the  ground.  These 
calves  were  bred  and  developed  by  K.  G.  Gigstad 
and  were  the  product  of  his  Shorthorn  herd,  now 
one  among  the  best  in  Kansas.  As  predicted  im- 
mediately after  their  arrival,  they  won  every- 
thing in  sight  including  the  grand  championship 
over  all  breeds  and  they  sold  at  the  high  price  of 
the  sale. 

The  McGregor  Exhibits.— E.  A.  McGregor  of 
Washington  county,  an  extensive  feeder  of  good 
cattle,  sent  two  loads  of  Shorthorn  steers  to  the 
1919  International,  that  on  the  face  of  the  re- 
turns as  interpreted  by  most  breeders  and  feed- 
ers would  be  pronounced  the  most  profitably  pro- 
duced cattle  sold  in  the  sales.  The  cattle  in  one 
load  were  bred  by  Symns  Bros,  of  Troy,  Kansas, 
the  other  load  by  Fred  L.  Weiss  of  Elizabeth, 
Colorado.  The  Kansas  load  was  bought  in  Jan- 
uary 1919  at  the  average  weight  of  752  pounds. 
They  sold  ten  and  a  half  months  later  weighing 
1438  pounds,  a  gain  of  686  pounds.  These  cattle 
were  first  in  the  Shorthorn  Special  and  sold  for 
$24.50,  dressing  63.9  per  cent.  The  Colorado  bred 
Shorthorns  won  second  place  in  heavy  competi- 
tion and  sold  for  $26.50.  They  dressed  64.5  per 
cent. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  17 

Mr.  McGregor,  while  looking  these  cattle  over, 
told  me  he  had  always  fed  Herefords  and  had 
considered  them  the  best  feeders  to  be  had  but 
these  cattle  made  him  feel  that  there  were  none 
better  than  good  Shorthorns,  as  they  had  outdone 
all  of  his  choice  Angus  and  Herefords. 


SHORTHORN  REVIEW  1810—1857 

Forty-seven  years  before  this  story  begins,  the 
first  great  auction  sale  of  Shorthorns  was  held 
at  Ketton,  England,  by  Charles  Colling,  justly 
called  one  of  the  improvers  of  the  breed.  The 
original  Duchess  cow,  ancestress  of  that  tribe 
bought  in  1783  on  the  Darlington  Market  for  $65, 
was  dead.  Thomas  Bates,  destined  to  become 
the  leading  breeder  of  Great  Britain,  bought  one 
of  her  descendants.  She  was  a  little  shabby  in 
appearance  but  he  called  her  the  most  valuable 
cow  in  the  world  and  it  is  reported  that  he  de- 
clared he  would  not  take  $5000  for  his  bargain. 

Here  began  the  boom  that  made  sane  men  lose 
their  heads  in  the  greatest  era  of  folly  known  in 
live  stock  history.  Bates  heralded  his  claim  for 
the  Duchess  cow  and  her  descendants.  Thomas 
Booth  developed  a  class  of  Shorthorns  that  vied 
with  those  bred  by  Bates  and  for  several  decades 
the  fight  for  supremacy  was  waged.  The  nobility 
lined  up  on  the  Bates  side  and  threw  victory  to 
Bates'  cattle  with  the  Duchess  tribe  in  the  lead. 

The  excellent  importation  made  by  Col.  Lewis 
Sanders  in  1817  which  included  the  Teeswater 
Cow,  the  Durham  Cow  and  Mrs.  Motte,  filled 
parts  of  Kentucky  and  Ohio  with  splendid  cattle. 
Later  importations,  notably  the  descendants  of 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  19 

the  one  made  by  the  Ohio  Company  in  1836,  were 
used  to  discredit  the  descendants  of  the  import- 
ation of  1817.  Though  not  able  to  claim  and  sub- 
stantiate superiority  in  fact,  appeal  was  made 
to  fads  and  the  older  importation  lost  popularity. 

In  1840  George  Vail  of  New  York  imported 
from  Mr.  Bates'  herd  a  bull  calf  combining  two 
of  his  most  precious  families.  Later  he  bought 
some  heifers,  also.  Mr.  Bates  died  in  1849  and  at 
the  dispersion  of  his  herd  in  1850  three  head 
were  bought  by  Morris  and  Becar  of  New  York. 
In  1853  Samuel  Thome  bought  at  the  sale  of  Earl 
Ducie,  the  man  upon  whom  Mr.  Bates'  mantle 
seems  to  have  fallen,  three  Duchess  cows,  and  a 
year  or  two  later  he  bought  the  Morris  and  Becar 
herd.  He  now  had  a  monopoly  of  the  Bates' 
Duchess  and  Oxford  blood  in  America.  Numer- 
ous importations  of  excellent  cattle  had  been 
made  prior  to  this  time,  most  of  them  by  Ken- 
tucky and  Ohio  breeders,  and  there  had  been 
little  discrimination  in  favor  of  any  family. 

R.  A.  Alexander  of  Kentucky  made  his  notable 
importation  of  thirty-six  cows  and  five  bulls  in 
1853  and  in  1855  he  imported  Duke  of  Airdrie, 
the  bull  that  was  to  revolutionize  public  senti- 
ment in  America  by  turning  it  toward  the  Bates 
standard.  Imported  Duke  of  Airdrie  began 
making  his  influence  felt  at  the  time  this  story 
opens  and  when  Shorthorns  had  become  well 
established  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Mississippi. 


SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  1857—1880 

Kansas  developed  its  early  Shorthorn  interests 
slowly.  This  fact  is  not  surprising  when  con- 
ditions existing  at  the  time  are  considered.  A 
few  herds  had  been  established  west  of  the  Miss- 
issippi, principally  in  Cooper  county,  Missouri, 
before  the  Civil  War,  but  interest  in  the  breed 
had  assumed  no  proportions  west  of  the  river. 
It  was  hundreds  of  miles  from  the  Shorthorn 
country  to  the  Kansas  border  and  transportation 
facilities  were  limited  to  the  slow  steamboats 
plying  on  the  rivers. 

The  Civil  War,  preceded  by  the  border  strug- 
gle, which  in  turn  gave  way  to  the  raids  of  the 
bushwhackers,  discouraged  any  attempt  to  de- 
velop the  new  industry;  yet  it  was  under  these 
trying  conditions  that  the  first  Shorthorn  herd 
was  brought  to  the  country  known  as  "The  Great 
American  Desert." 

The  First  Herd — The  American  herd  book, 
vol.  6,  contains  the  pedigrees  of  fifteen  cows  and 
three  bulls  owned  in  Kansas  and  they  are  cred- 
ited to  S.  S.  Tipton,  Mineral  Point,  Anderson 
county.  Ten  of  the  fifteen  females  were  bred 
by  the  Shakers  of  Union  Village,  Ohio,  two  by  H. 
C.  Alkire  of  Sterling,  Ohio,  and  the  other  three 
by  Mr.  Tipton  himself.  The  bulls  were  all  bred 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  21 

by  Mr.  Tipton.  The  oldest  of  the  three  cows  of 
Mr.  Tipton 's  breeding1  is  recorded  as  Bertha 
Belle,  vol.  6,  p.  197.  She  was  a  white,  calved 
March  1859,  and  according  to  the  herd  book  was 
the  first  Shorthorn  bred  in  Kansas. 

The  herd  proved  prolific  and  the  records  show 
that  Mr.  Tipton  sold  many  bulls  and  females  in 
Anderson  and  adjoining  counties.  The  first  re- 
corded bull  sold  was  a  roan,  calved  June  10, 1862, 
that  went  to  Morgan  Russell  &  Co.  of  Lawrence. 
His  name  and  number  were  Opothoholo  5044%. 

Mr.  Tipton  continued  his  operations  with  suc- 
cess for  more  than  thirty  years.  In  all  this  time 
he  made  no  effort  to  follow  the  lead  of  fashion 
but  kept  on  breeding  the  families  he  had  orig- 
inally brought  to  the  state.  He  did,  however, 
buy  some  good  bulls.  Among  them  was  Procur- 
ator 30710,  a  son  of  Starlight  out  of  a  dam  by 
General  Grant.  Mr.  Tipton 's  cattle  furnished 
the  foundation  for  numerous  herds  in  his  local- 
ity, though  it  is  doubtful  whether  many  could  be 
found  at  this  time  that  are  descended  from  the 
first  Shorthorn  herd  in  Kansas. 

Interesting  facts  concerning  Mr.  Tipton  were 
furnished  by  his  son-in-law,  S.  S.  Patton,  now 
ninety-four  years  old  and  his  grandson,  Charles 
Patton  who  was  born  on  the  farm  in  1858  and  as 
a  boy  herded  his  grandfather's  cattle. 

Mr.  Tipton  left  Stillwater,  Ohio  in  1855,  going 
to  Pairf  ield,  Iowa  where  he  lived  two  years,  com- 


22  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

ing  from  there  to  Anderson  county  in  June,  1857. 
He  brought  with  him  about  fifty  head  of  cattle, 
most  of  which  were  pure  bred  Shorthorns.  The 
place  where  he  located  is  four  and  one-half  miles 
southwest  of  Harris  and  the  stone  house  that  he 
built  still  stands  on  a  hill  overlooking  a  tract  of 
bottom  land  where  at  times  as  many  as  300 
head  of  pure  bred  Shorthorns  grazed.  The 
farm  is  now  in  the  hands  of  grandsons.  Mr. 
Tipton  bred  Shorthorns  until  the  day  of  his 
death  and  he  always  went  to  Kentucky  or  Ohio 
for  his  herd  bulls.  Mr.  Charles  Patton  recalls 
one  bull,  a  big  white  fellow  that  cost  $700 
when  cattle  were  cheap.  With  few  ex- 
ceptions, surplus  cattle  were  sold  privately, 
but  on  one  occasion,  seventy-five  head  of  young 
bulls  were  shipped  to  Colorado  to  be  sold  and  con- 
signments were  later  made  to  sales  in  Kansas 
City.  The  elder  Mr.  Patton  remembers  that 
nearly  all  the  pure  bred  cattle  Mr.  Tipton 
brought  with  him  from  Ohio  were  of  light  colors 
and  many  were  whites.  Later  he  began  to  breed 
for  roans  and  finally  for  reds. 

At  the  time  of  Mr.  Tipton 's  death  in  1889  the 
farm  on  which  he  had  settled  had  increased  to 
720  acres,  valued  under  the  low  prices  then  pre- 
vailing at  $25,000,  a  large  amount  for  those  days. 
The  extent  and  value  of  the  farm  proved  conclu- 
sively that  his  Shorthorns  had  been  a  good  source 
of  income. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  23 

The  Pioneer  of  Northern  Kansas. — J.  M. 
Huber  came  from  Pleasant  Plains,  Illinois  in 
1860  to  the  farm  near  Meriden,  now  owned  by 
H.  E.  Huber,  Ms  son,  bringing  with  him  some 
Shorthorns.  He  was  not  married  and  made  his 
home  for  a  time  with  the  Leidy  family  living  on 
the  farm.  It  was  here  that  Fremont  Leidy,  one 
of  the  leading  breeders  of  Butler  county,  was 
born  and  H.  E.  Huber  was  born  in  the  same  cabin 
later.  J.  M.  Huber 's  name  first  appears  in  vol. 
9  A.  H.  B.  as  the  owner  of  Bismarck,  a  roan  bull 
bred  in  Illinois  and  calved  in  1868.  The  first 
animal  bred  and  recorded  by  him  was  calved  Dec- 
ember 2, 1870.  Volume  11  contains  the  pedigrees 
of  two  Illinois  bred  cows  calved  in  1858  and  1860, 
both  owned  by  him,  from  which  it  appears  he  did 
not  record  his  earlier  calves. 

Mr.  Huber  later  became  one  of  the  leading 
breeders  of  his  section.  In  1880  he  won  first 
prize  of  $100  on  best  herd  under  two  years  at 
Bismarck  Grove  and  the  thirteen-year-old  son, 
H.  E.,  helped  care  for  the  cattle  and  show -them. 
Shortly  after  this  Mr.  Huber  bought  a  good  bull 
and  heifer  of  Albert  Crane  and  some  of  the  choice 
cattle  found  on  the  farm  today  descend  from  that 
heifer.  A  few  years  later  he  bought  of  Col. 
Harris  the  bull  Golden  Belt  by  Baron  Victor  out 
of  Linwood  Golden  Drop.  About  1890  Mr.  Huber 
retired  from  business,  turning  over  the  farm  and 
the  cattle  to  his  boys.  In  1902  he  passed  out  of  an 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  25 

eminently  useful  life.    Several  of  his  sons  retain 
Shorthorn  interests. 
From  Anderson  County  to  Woodson. — Volume 

6  of  the  American  herd  book  in  which  the  Tip- 
ton  cattle  were  recorded  was  published  in  1863 
and  up  to  that  time  no  other  Shorthorns  were 
recorded  from  Kansas,  but  in  vol.  7,  published 
three  years  later,  the  name  of  Joel  Moody  of 
Belmont,  Woodson  county,  appears  as  the  breed- 
er of  the  white  bull,  King  of  Kansas.    He  was  by 
Pascova  5059^,  a  Tipton  bred  bull  and  out  of 
Queen  of  Kansas,  a  cow  bred  by  the  Shakers  and 
purchased  from  Mr.  Tipton,  probably  in  1864. 
Mr.  Moody  recorded  the  produce  of  this  cow  for 
four  years  and  after  that  neither  he  nor  his  cattle 
appear  on  record. 

Shorthorns  Enter  Shawnee  County. — Volume 

7  also  contains  the  pedigrees  of  two  bulls  and 
nine  cows  owned  by  Alkire  &  Wardell  of  And- 
erson county.     Several  of  these  were  bred  by 
them  and  calved  in  1864  and  1865  from  purchases 
made  in  Ohio  and  Kentucky  probably  early  in 
1863.    The  difficulties  attending  the  transport- 
ing of  cattle  to  Kansas  in  those  critical  days  must 
have  been  almost  insurmountable.    It  is  not  cer- 
tain that  these  cattle  were  brought  to  Kansas  be- 
fore the  Civil  War  ended  in  1865,  and  though 
bred  by  Alkire  &  Wardell  and  credited  to  An- 
derson county,  it  is  quite  possible  that  they  were 
bred  in  Ohio  and  not  recorded  until  after  the 


26  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

change  of  residence  to  Anderson  county.  This 
herd  was  kept  up  for  several  years  but  as  early 
as  1865  a  number  of  the  cows  found  their  way  to 
Shawnee  county  into  the  herd  of  M.  J.  Alkire. 
Indications  are  that  the  Shawnee  county  herd 
absorbed  the  Anderson  county  herd  before  1868. 
M.  J.  Alkire  remained  in  the  business  for  many 
years,  consistently  breeding  a  desirable  class  of 
cattle.  His  name  still  appears  occasionally  in 
pedigrees  of  Kansas  and  Oklahoma  herds. 

The  First  Touch  of  Fashion. — Up  to  this  time 
the  cattle  brought  to  Kansas  had  been  of  the  kind 
termed  " plainly  bred"  by  leaders  in  the  business. 
The  first  attempt  to  conform  more  closely  to  pop- 
ular blood  lines  of  the  day  must  be  credited  to 
John  Inlow  of  Johnson  county.  It  was  probably 
in  1865  that  Mr.  Inlow  brought  in  the  excellent 
red  and  white  bull  calf,  1st  Grand  Duke  of  Kan- 
sas by  the  Bates  bull  3d  Grand  Duke  of  Oxford, 
and  several  good  cows.  One  of  the  cows  was  by 
the  famous  bull  Gen.  Grant  4825  and  out  of  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Easter  Day.  He  also  owned 
and  used  the  3d  Grand  Duke  of  Oxford  and  while 
his  herd  did  not  assume  large  proportions,  yet 
he  produced  desirable  cattle  and  their  descend- 
ants are  still  found  in  good  herds.  The  red  and 
white  Miss  Watson  of  his  breeding  was  the  an- 
cestress of  many  of  the  valuable  cattle  sent  out 
from  the  Glick  herd  some  years  later.  Among 
Mr.  Inlow 's  sales  were  the  bull  1st  Grand  Duke 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  27 

of  Kansas  and  several  cows  to  N.  L.  Chaff ee  of 
Manhattan,  a  few  cows  to  Andrew  Wilson  and 
some  choice  animals  to  George  W.  Greever,  men- 
tion of  which  will  be  made  later. 

Better  Cattle  from  Better  Herds. — At  the  close 
of  the  sixties  Andrew  Wilson  of  Shawnee  county 
was  probably  the  most  discriminating  buyer  of 
foundation  stock  in  the  new  state.    Cattle  of  his 
breeding  calved  as  early  as  1870  are  on  record 
and  it  was  in  that  year,  that  in  addition  to  the 
purchases  made  from  John  Inlow,  Mr.  Wilson 
made  other  memorable  purchases  which  attract- 
ed the  attention  of  the  whole  country.    Prom  the 
herd  of  James  N.  Brown  &  Sons  of  Illinois,  then 
one  of  the  leading  Shorthorn  establishments  in 
the  United  States,  he  secured  a  number  of  high 
class  cows.     Grace  Young  4th  and  Grace  Young 
5th,  two  cows  of  national  reputation  as  prize  win- 
ners, sired  by  Tycoon,  one  of  the  greatest  bulls 
of  his  day,  were  added  to  the  herd.    Minister,  for 
several  years  the  leading  show  bull  of  the  West, 
was  bought  at  W.  R.  Duncan's  sale  for  $1760. 
Mr.  Wilson  now  had  cattle  from  which  a  fortune 
could  have  been  made,  but  for  some  reason  he 
soon  gave  up  the  business.    On  August  20,  1873 
Grace  Young  4th  and  Grace  Young  5th,  the 
plums  of  the  herd,  were  sold  in  a  public  sale  at 
Silver  Lake,  to  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College  for  $800  and  $1080,  and  later  at  the  col- 
lege they  produced  a  family  of  excellent  cattle, 


28  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  descendants  of  which  can  still  be  found  in 
Kansas  herds.  Although  Mr.  Wilson's  period  of 
active  operation  was  short,  he  had  brought  a  class 
of  stock  to  the  new  state,  not  seen  prior  to  that 
date  and  it  would  be  unfair  to  measure  the  value 
of  his  service  by  the  brief  time  he  was  engaged  in 
breeding. 

George  W.  Greever. — At  the  time  John  Inlow 
was  selling  his  cattle,  George  W.  Greever  of 
Wyandotte  county  bought  the  cow  Prairie  Flow- 
er by  1st  Grand  Duke  of  Kansas.  From  this  COWT 
he  raised  three  heifers,  two  by  the  fine  sire  Basil 
Duke  and  one  by  Master  of  Ravenswood.  The 
small  but  choice  herd  was  sold  to  C.  B.  Norris  of 
Geneva  in  1878.  The  bull  Basil  Duke  4th  by 
Basil  Duke  was  included  in  the  sale. 

John  F.  Piper.— In  1860  John  F.  Piper,  then 
a  resident  of  Kentucky,  bought  the  imported  cow 
Hasty,  bred  by  Mr.  Burnett  and  imported  by 
The  Mason  &  Bracken  Company.  From  her  he 
raised  three  heifers  calved  in  1861, 1862  and  1864, 
named  Spot,  Humpback  and  Violet.  Mr.  Piper 
came  to  Labette  county,  Kansas  late  in  the  sixties 
bringing  with  him  numerous  descendants  of  imp. 
Hasty,  none  of  which  were  recorded,  and  it  was 
not  until  1879  that  the  pedigree  of  the  imported 
cow.  and  eleven  of  her  daughters  and  grand- 
daughters were  placed  on  record.  How  many 
cattle  from  this  herd  were  sold  in  these  years  at 
less  than  their  value  if  recorded,  can  only  be 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  'J!» 

guessed.  Members  of  the  Piper  family  and  sev- 
eral other  persons  living  in  Labette  county  pro- 
duced small  herds  of  Shorthorns  during  the 
eighties  from  this  lot  of  cattle,  and  a  number  of 
herds  in  that  section  are  descended  from  the  Pip- 
er heifers. 

Wabaunsee  County's  First  Herd. — L.  A. 
Knapp  came  from  La  Salle  county,  Illinois,  set- 
tling on  a  farm  in  Wabaunsee  county  a  few  miles 
northwest  of  Dover,  in  1870.  He  brought  with 
him  a  good  knowledge  of  Shorthorns,  plenty  of 
enthusiasm,  a  good  bull  and  two  cows.  One  of 
these  cows,  Bluebird  2d,  has  descendants  in  sev- 
eral Kansas  herds.  A  little  more  than  a  year 
later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  George  W. 
Glick  and  transferred  his  energies  to  Shannon 
Hill  where  he  remained  until  1876  or  1877  when 
he  returned  to  his  Wabaunsee  county  farm  with 
quite  a  number  of  good  cattle  from  the  Glick 
herd  which  came  to  him  through  the  partner- 
ship. As  L.  A.  Knapp  of  Dover,  he  became  one 
of  the  well  known  breeders  of  the  state,  produc- 
ing many  creditable  specimens  of  the  breed.  Some 
of  these  in  other  hands  went  to  build  good  herds. 
The  farm  upon  which  Mr.  Knapp  settled  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  his  son,  E.  L.  Knapp,  who 
is  raising  Shorthorns,  some  of  which  are  descend- 
ed in  the  female  line  from  the  cows  brought  from 
Illinois  in  1870. 

James  O'Neal  &  Son.— Mr.  O'Neal  had  been 


30  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

breeding  Shorthorns  in  Canada  and  moved  to 
Jefferson  county,  Kansas  about  1870  bringing 
with  him  some  of  his  cattle.  The  early  produce 
of  the  herd  was  sold  as  far  west  as  Manhattan. 
He  later  made  purchases  from  Albert  Crane  in- 
cluding the  Alexander  bred  Gwynne  Duke  of 
Woodburn  by  26th  Duke  of  Airdrie,  and  London 
Duke  13th  by  5th  Duke  of  Geneva,  indicating 
his  appreciation  of  quality  in  bulls.  Only  a  few 
females  were  bought.  His  work  was  continued 
in  the  eighties  but  was  practically  local  in  char- 
acter. 

Shorthorns  Reach  Greenwood  County. — Hart 
Bros,  were  breeders  of  Shorthorns  in  Waukesha 
county,  Wisconsin,  in  the  sixties.  In  1870  or 
1871  they  came  to  Greenwood  county  bringing 
with  them  the  bull  Imperial  Hendon  and  the  cows 
Roan  Duchess  5th,  Delphena,  and  Royal  Duchess 
5th,  all  from  the  herd  of  John  P.  Roe  of  Wau- 
kesha. These  cows  proved  prolific  and  a  large 
herd  was  built  from  them  in  ten  years.  The  herd 
of  C.  L.  Hart  of  Eureka  was  descended  from 
these  cows. 

A  Brown  County  Pioneer. — G.  Y.  Johnson  of 
Brown  county,  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  big  in 
stature  and  character,  began  breeding  Short- 
horns in  1870.  His  start  was  made  with  the  so- 
called  Bates  crossed  standard  families  of  that 
time  and  he  was  more  regular  and  systematic  in 
recording  the  produce  than  any  other  early  Kan- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  31 

sas  breeder.  When  the  Cruickshank  cattle  came 
in,  he  bought  an  imported  Scotch  bull  but  soon 
sold  him  and  bought  another  named  Lavender 


RESIDENCE  OF  T.  J.  SANDS,  EOBINSON 

Mr.  Sands  laid  the  foundation  for  prosperity  at  Mr.  Johnson's 

dispersion  sale. 

Lad.  Later  he  bought  imp.  Nonpareil  35th  by 
Kintore  Hero.  From  this  cow  he  raised  a  bull, 
Nonpareil  Lad,  used  in  the  herd  until  the  time  of 
his  sale  about  1900.  Mr.  Johnson  sold  many  good 
bulls  in  his  part  of  the  state  and  he  always  sold 
to  the  man  who  wanted  one  on  credit.  ' '  I  always 
thought,"  he  said,  "that  a  man  who  was  ambi- 
tious enough  to  own  a  good  bull  couldn't  be  far 


wrong." 


A  Period  of  Expansion. — The  year  1870  saw 


32  A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Shorthorns  well  established,  but  not  numerous  in 
the  state.  This  date  may  be  safely  fixed,  how- 
ever, as  the  beginning  of  a  period  of  expansion. 
A  number  of  herds  destined  to  more  than  local 
prominence  were  founded,  but  probably  no  other 
was  so  widely  known  and  carried  on  under  more 
broad-minded  management  than  the  one  owned 
by  Albert  Crane  of  Chicago,  on  his  immense 
tract  of  land  in  Marion  county  and  called  by  that 
generation  and  later  generations,  The  Durham 
Park  Herd. 

The  Durham  Park  Herd. — The  first  purchases 
for  this  herd,  about  fifty  females,  were  what  is 
generally  known  a^  nicely  bred  stock,  so  popular 
in  Kentucky  and  Illinois  at  that  time.  Mr.  Crane 
showed  but  little  inclination  to  indulge  in  the 
pure  Bates  speculation,  having  bought  only  one 
cow,  Oxford  Myrtle,  of  that  strain.  Included 
among  his  early  purchases  was  the  bull  London 
Duke  13th  by  5th  Duke  of  Geneva.  This  was  one 
of  E.  G.  Bedford's  famous  Loudon  Duchess  fam- 
ily. Of  J.  M.  Woodruff  of  Indiana,  he  bought 
2d  Duke  of  Jubilee.  Both  these  bulls  were 
strongly  bred  along  Bates  lines. 

Although  these  purchases  had  been  made  from 
some  of  the  best  herds  in  the  country,  most  of 
them  were  not  from  the  herds  that  had  the  great- 
est prestige.  Mr.  Crane  was  not  satisfied.  He 
began  operations  on  a  scale  attracting  general 
attention.  The  23d  Duke  of  Airdrie  and  the 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  33 

imported  Booth  cow  Joan  of  Arc,  were  bought  at 
long  prices.-  Of  M.  H.  Cochrane  he  bought  the 
imported  Booth  bull  Lord  Abraham  by  the 
great  Breastplate;  and  of  Chas.  B.  Coffin,  the 
bull  Lord  Abraham  2d  by  Lord  Abraham  and 
out  of  imp.  Maiden.  In  1875  he  bought  the 
Bates  bull,  Lord  Bates  2d  by  the  exported  24th 
Duke  of  Airdrie,  of  A.  J.  Alexander.  From  F. 
W.  Beldon  he  secured  the  Cochran  bred  Lord  of 
the  Lake.  Mr.  Crane  was  now  well  supplied 
with  herd  bulls  of  both  Bates  and  Booth  blood 
lines. 

In  this  time  nearly  fifty  females  from  some  of 
the  best  herds  in  Great  Britain  and  the  United 
State  had  been  bought.  Mr.  Crane 's  own  import- 
ation which  left  Liverpool  October  14,  1875,  con- 
sisted of  six  Bates  cows  and  the  Torr  bred 
Telluaria  Wassail,  illustrated  in  vol.  16.  Of  this 
importation,  the  cow  Lady  Mary  6th  gave  birth 
to  the  white  bull  Panic,  and  Telluaria  Wassail 
to  the  roan,  Knight  of  the  Crescent,  thus  adding 
to  Mr.  Crane's  long  list  of  excellent  bulls,  an 
imported  Bates  and  an  imported  Booth  bull. 

Shortly  after  this  Mr.  Crane  bought  two  more 
bulls,  the  imported  Booth  bull  Royal  Deerham 
from  Simon  Beattie  and  imp.  Royal  Lancaster, 
illustrated  in  vol.  16,  from  John  Hope.  Import- 
ed Royal  Lancaster  was  of  the  Cambridge  Rose 
tribe,  of  the  same  origin  as  the  Rose  of  Sharons. 
Among  the  cows  purchased  were  imp.  Regal  Star 


34  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

(Booth.)  and  the  Bates  cows,  imp.  Kirklevington 
15th  illustrated  in  vol.  16,  and  the  Canada  bred 
Duchess  of  York  9th.  Airdrie  Duchess  2d  and 
Airdrie  Duchess  3d  were  bought  of  Mr.  Alexand- 
er for  $21,000  and  $23,600  and  a  long  price  was 
paid  for  28th  Duke  of  Airdrie.  In  1878  Mr. 
Crane  exported  a  lot  of  Shorthorns  to  England. 
Among  them  was  the  27th  Duke  of  Airdrie.  The 
Durham  Park  herd  comprised  a  wonderful  col- 
lection of  Shorthorns,  carrying  as  values  then 
rated,  the  highest  priced  blood  lines  in  the  world. 
No  suck  toleration  as  Mr.  Crane's  had  been 
shown  for  the  several  rival  strains  of  blood  since 
K.  A.  Alexander  had  founded  the  great  herd  at 
Woodburn. 

The  Shannon  Hill  Herd.— While  Albert  Crane 
was  busy  collecting  some  of  the  breed's  choicest 
specimens  for  the  great  Durham  Park  herd  he 
had  established  in  the  comparatively  new  part  of 
the  state,  a  quiet,  conservative  man  of  Atchison 
county  was  carrying  on  operations  in  the  older 
settled  portion.  George  W.  Glick  began  his 
work  well,  not  by  following  the  dictates  of  fash- 
ion, but  by  buying  a  few  good  cows  and  a  good 
bull.  It  was  in  about  1870  that  the  original  pur- 
chases were  made  and  like  Mr.  Crane's  first 
selections,  they  did  not  indicate  partiality  for 
any  particular  strain.  They  were,  however,  of 
what  was  then  considered  good  standard  breed- 
ing. In  1872  Mr.  Glick  added  by  purchase  in 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  35 

Kentucky,  a  bull  and  two  heifers  and  maintained 
the  conservative  course  of  selling  the  bulls  at 
fair  prices  and  retaining  the  females.  It  was  in 
about  1872  that  a  partnership  was  formed  with 
L.  A.  Knapp,  a  breeder  of  Wabaunsee  county 
and  Mr.  Knapp  moved  to  Atchison  county  to 
take  charge  of  the  herd.  The  firm  name  was 
Glick  &  Knapp.  When  Mr.  Knapp  returned  to 
his  own  farm,  Mr.  Glick  became  associated  with 
a  Mr.  Carmichael  for  a  short  time.  He  always 
had  the  assistance  of  his  son,  Fred,  who  owned 
an  interest  in  the  herd  and  had  quite  a  number 
of  the  cattle  recorded  in  his  name. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  during  the  seventies 
the  Bates  Shorthorns  were  the  popular  ones  and 
the  big  prices  paid  for  even  inferior  individuals 
descended  in  the  female  line  from  cattle  bred  by 
Thos.  Bates  were  used  by  the  entire  speculative 
element  of  the  Shorthorn  fraternity  to  boom 
their  own  interests.  In  vain  it  was  pointed  out 
that  practically  all  the  Shorthorns  of  the  country 
were  so  full  of  Bates  blood  that  they  were  vir- 
tually Bates  cattle.  Hitherto  no  Kansas  breeder 
had  heeded  the  call  of  the  " purist",  but  about 
1879,  Mr.  Glick  changed  his  course.  He  owned 
through  an  exchange,  the  Princess  (Bates)  bull, 
Claud  Weatherby  and  he  decided  to  purchase 
some  females  whose  breeding  would  be  within 
clearly  recognized  pure  Bates  lines.  In  May  of 
that  year  he  bought  of  W.  S.  Slater  of  Massachu- 


36  A   HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

setts  the  bull  calf  that  won  considerable  fame  as 
Duke  of  Shannon  Hill  and  a  heifer  calf,  Lady 
Sale  of  Atchison.  He  also  bought  10th  Lady 
Sale  of  Brattleboro,  15th  Lady  Sale  of  Brattle- 
boro,  Queen  of  the  Bast  by  22d  Duke  of  Airdrie 
and  Zora  by  15th  Duke  of  Airdrie.  To  his  credit 
it  must  be  said  that  he  did  not  condemn  all  Short- 
horns of  mixed  breeding  as  unworthy  and  he  re- 
tained many  of  his  older  cattle,  but  he  neverthe- 
less became  a  leader  of  Bates  forces  in  the  West 
at  the  inopportune  time  that  the  " plain  bred" 
Cruickshank  cattle  from  Scotland  were  making 
the  fight  for  supremacy  and  winning. 

Elected  governor  in  1882,  G.  W.  Glick 's  name 
became  a  household  word  in  Kansas  and  else- 
where. His  love  for  his  favorite  Bates  cattle 
was  so  firmly  rooted  that,  unlike  most  other  lead- 
ing breeders,  he  did  not  fall  in  with  the  trend  of 
the  times,  but  kept  on  breeding  from  his  fe- 
males and  put  the  53d  Duke  of  Airdrie,  an  ex- 
cellent Bates  bull,  in  service.  That  Mr.  Glick 
built  up  a  good  herd  is  admitted,  but  that  he  could 
have  done  much  better  had  he  fallen  in  line  with 
other  leading  breeders,  using  the  Cruickshank 
bulls  even  if  not  the  females,  is  also  quite  evident. 
Had  he  used  his  wonderful  personality  in  co- 
operation with  such  a  man  as  Col.  Harris,  his 
achievements  would  have  been  far  greater.  All 
Gov.  Glick 's  effort  to  stem  the  tide  was  wasted. 
The  hour  had  come  when  merit,  though  stigma- 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


37 


tized  as  plainly  bred,  won,  and  the  aristocracy 
of  the  breed  went  down  to  defeat.  On  November 
17, 1889  Mr.  Glick  sold  the  entire  herd  including 
the  much  advertised  Shannon  Hill  farm  to  Daw- 
dy  &  Company  of  Illinois,  who  sold  the  ninety- 
one  Bates  cattle  at  auction  at  the  old  horse  barn 
in  Kansas  City,  April  11  and  12, 1890.  The  aver- 
age price  was  $225.  W.  R.  Nelson,  owner  and 
editor  of  The  Kansas  City  Star  and  founder  of 
the  Sni-A-Bar  farm,  bought  fifteen  of  these  cat- 
tle including  53d  Duke  of  Airdrie. 


MR.  AND  MRS.A.A.TENNYSON 
Lamar 


MILTON  POLAND  &  SON 
Sabetha 


An  Early  Herd  in  Nemaha  County. — The  herd 
of  W.  S.  White  of  Sabetha  was  established  in 
1872  by  the  purchase  of  females  from  Kentucky, 


38  A   HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Illinois  and  Missouri  breeders,  and  of  two  bulls 
from  J.  H.  Spears  &  Son  of  Illinois.  Occasional 
purchases  were  made  later  and  the  heifers  were 
nearly  all  retained  for  several  years.  Measured 
by  numbers  this  grew  to  be  one  of  the  state's 
leading  herds  but  the  proprietor  made  little  ef- 
fort to  keep  up  with  the  procession  until  the 
hard  times  of  the  eighties  rendered  all  efforts 
of  no  avail. 

Late  in  1883  or  early  in  1884  Mr.  White  bought 
three  cows  of  Mr.  Spears.  He  also  bought  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Duke  of  Hazelcote  19th  from 
S.  C.  Duncan,  and  a  daughter  of  Loudon  Duke 
6th  from  J.  G.  Cowan  &  Son.  The  same  year  fe- 
males were  added  to  the  herd  from  the  Illinois 
herds  of  Wm.  Stevenson  &  Sons  and  E.  M.  Gof  f . 
Liberal  use  had  been  made  of  the  bull  Cherub  2d 
16470,  a  son  of  the  $6000  imp.  Cherub  and  imp. 
Lady  Highthorne.  Cato  25866,  a  Kentucky  bred 
bull  of  only  ordinary  descent,  was  also  used 
freely.  Mr.  White  next  began  using  Mazurka 
Duke  52758,  a  fashionably  bred  Bates  bull  from 
Bow  Park  by  the  celebrated  4th  Duke  of  Clar- 
ence ;  Eoyal  Duke  of  Oakland,  a  bull  of  his  own 
breeding,  by  Cherub  2d;  and  Emperor  62667,  a 
Kentucky  bred  son  of  2d  Duke  of  Xalapa.  In 
1887  he  secured  from  the  Luther  Adams  import- 
ation the  Duthie  bred  Lord  Haddow  and  began 
using  him  at  once.  At  the  time  Lord  Haddov 
was  bought,  good  cows  weighing  from  1000  to 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  39 

1200  pounds  could  hardly  be  sold  for  as  much 
as  $15  a  head.  Many  changed  hands  at  less. 
Had  it  not  been  for  this  condition  Mr.  White 
might  have  been  able  to  overcome  the  losses  he 
had  sustained  by  sticking  to  the  lost  hope  of 
Bates  supremacy,  and  to  retrieve  his  fortune. 
As  it  was,  like  many  others,  he  failed  to  realize 
on  his  investments.  The  last  cattle  of  his  breed- 
ing were  calved  in  1890. 

Mr.  White  was  a  man  of  pleasing  personality. 
He  was  president  of  the  short-lived  Kansas  State 
Shorthorn  Breeders  Association,  an  organization 
that  like  many  of  its  members,  suspended  oper- 
ations in  about  1888. 

Leavenworth's  First  Importation. — In  1872 
Oespigny  &  Seiver  imported  from  England  the 
roan  bull  Duke  of  Hazelcote  19th  bred  by  Col. 
Kingscote,  the  roan  cow  Listless  and  the  red  cow 
Likely,  both  bred  by  Thomas  Morris  of  Maus- 
amore  Court.  Both  cows  were  carrying  calves 
at  the  time  of  their  importation.  Listless  pro- 
duced a  red  bull  calf  Lord  Lytton  17575  and 
Likely,  a  roan  heifer  named  Lovely,  vol.  13-743. 
These  calves  were  sold  to  Matthew  Ryan  of  Lea- 
venworth.  Duke  of  Hazelcote  19th  and  the  two 
cows  went  to  S.  C.  Duncan,  the  well  known  breed- 
er in  Clay  county,  Missouri.  Mr.  Ryan  recorded 
no  produce  from  his  purchase  until  1881  when  a 
large  number  of  calves  and  yearlings  went  on 
record  as  bred  by  him.  They  were  nearly  all 


40  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

sired  by  Lord  Lytton,  but  only  one,  a  daughter 
of  imp.  Lovely,  was  descended  on  the  maternal 
side  from  this  importation. 


I.  N.  CHAPMAN  OTTO  H.  WULFEKUHLER 

County  Agent,  Leavenworth  Banker,  Leavenworth 

These  men  have   started  more  than  40   new   Shorthorn   breeders  in 
Leavenworth   county   since   January    1919. 

Victoria  Colony  Shorthorns. — George  Grant, 
of  poor  Scotch  parentage,  found  his  way  to  Lon- 
don where  he  worked  in  a  store,  later  engaging 
in  merchandizing  on  his  own  account.  He  was 
a  born  promoter  and  organizer.  He  is  reputed  to 
have  run  a  corner  on  crepe  when  the  prince  con- 
sort died  and  on  silk  during  the  Paris  Exposition. 
He  was  considered  a  plunger  with  a  shrewd  head. 
When  he  came  to  Kansas  he  saw  his  opportunity. 
He  agreed  with  the  Kansas  Pacific  Eailroad 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  41 

company  to  sell  a  lot  of  land  and  settle  it.  The 
result  of  this  project  was  the  far-famed  Victoria 
Colony,  established  in  Ellis  county  on  the  border 
line  of  civilization  in  1872  and  settled  by  the  ar- 
istocracy of  Great  Britain.  According  to  best 
information,  members  of  the  colony  were  high 
livers.  Most  of  them  were  on  remittances  from 
home  sent  by  parents  who  hardly  knew  what  else 
to  do  with  their  sons.  Grant  himself  is  said  to 
have  been  fond  of  women  and  whiskey  and  to 
have  been  a  poor  sort  of  guardian  for  wealthy 
gentry.  However  that  may  be,  no  one  can  ques- 
tion his  nerve,  for  he  brought  to  this  then  desolate 
country  a  lot  of  high  priced  Shorthorns  and 
planted  them  among  the  most  unfavorable  con- 
ditions. 

In  November  1871  Mr.  Grant  imported  from 
England  the  roan  six-month-old  bull  calf  Lord 
of  the  Manor ;  the  white  seven-month-old  heifer 
Fairy  Verulam,  and  the  red  yearling  heifer 
Mobe  8th.  In  1872  he  imported  the  bull  Goggles 
17193  and  later  the  roan  cow  Dimples,  purchased 
from  Queen  Victoria 's  herd.  In  1876  he  resumed 
importation  having  purchased  from  the  Queen's 
herd  seven  heifers  and  the  bull  Royal  George 
27797.  The  lot  consisted  of  Cold  Cream  10th  and 
Countess  2d,  two  years  old,  that  produced  bull 
calves  shortly  after  importation,  named  Royal 
Windsor  and  Manrico  2d;  Rosa  and  Minette, 
two  years  old ;  and  Roseleaf ,  Matilda  and  Peer- 


42  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

less,  yearlings.  The  importation  also  included 
a  bull,  Royal  Duke,  bred  by  Dr.  Armstrong.  Mr. 
Grant  sold  the  bull  calf  Manrico  2d  to  Thomas  R. 
Clark  who  was  living  in  New  York  City  and  was 
associated  with  the  Victoria  Colony.  Within  a 
year  or  two  after  the  importation,  Mr.  Clark  had 
secured  most  of  the  cattle.  From  the  service  of 
imp.  Goggles,  imp.  Mobe  8th  had  produced  a 
heifer  called  Ida  that  was  sold  at  four  years  old 
with  calf  at  foot  to  Archibald  Kerr  of  Eureka. 
It  should  be  mentioned  that  the  first  importation 
was  kept  for  a  time  in  Clay  county. 

Mr.  Grant  died  in  April  1878  and  lies  buried 
near  a  little  Episcopalian  church  which  he  him- 
self had  built  with  funds  he  had  collected.  His 
will,  which  it  is  said  provided  for  the  disposal  of 
millions,  was  a  farce,  as  but  little  money  or  other 
property  was  left  when  he  died. 

Thos.  R.  Clark  who  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Fiske,  Clark  &  Flagg,  Gents'  Furnishing 
Goods,  New  York  City,  subscribed  to  Grant's 
Victoria  Colony  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  one 
man  who  came  out  ahead.  He  bought  most  of 
the  cattle  of  the  Grant  importation  and  also  a 
lot  of  fashionably  bred  Bates  cows  of  the  B.  B. 
Groom  assignees  at  the  time  when  Bates  was 
giving  way  to  Scotch.  The  ranch  was  kept 
stocked,  but  whether  with  descendants  of  the 
Grant  importation,  is  uncertain.  After  Clark's 
death  some  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago,  the  land  and 


A   HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  43 

cattle  were  sold  to  the  late  Conrad  Kreuger  who 
for  years  had  been  one  of  his  employees. 

In  1877  John  Bowman  of  the  Victoria  Colony 
imported  from  the  herd  of  R.  Jefferson,  Eng- 
land, the  red  and  white  cow  Proud  Butterfly,  in 
calf  to  British  Boy  (30597) .  The  produce  was  a 
heifer  recorded  as  Pearl  Butterfly.  Bred  again 
to  the  Crane  bull,  Lord  of  the  Lake  (see  Crane 
sketch)  she  produced  the  bull  Royal  Moresby. 
Mr.  Bowman  had  also  bought  of  Albert  Crane 
Cinderella  17th,  that  with  her  daughter  Second 
Cinderella  of  Moresby,  was  sold  to  T.  J.  McClel- 
land of  Haynesville,  Missouri. 

A  Good  Foundation. — Archibald  Kerr  laid  the 
foundation  for  his  Greenwood  county  herd  in 
about  1876.  Mr.  Kerr  was  an  Englishman  who 
maintained  a  large  establishment  and  spent  mon- 
ey extravagantly.  Though  not  a  member  of  the 
Victoria  Colony  his  business  and  social  relations 
brought  him  in  close  contact  with  its  members. 
Among  other  Shorthorns  purchased  from  George 
Grant  of  the  colony  were  imp.  Mobe  8th  and  her 
heifer  calf  by  imp.  Goggles.  He  also  purchased 
from  Albert  Crane  a  bull,  Lord  Hamlet  33072,  a 
combination  of  Bates  and  Booth  blood  he  having 
been  by  Lord  Bates  30th  and  out  of  Miss  Wiley 
2d  by  Star  of  the  Realm.  From  W.  T.  Benson 
of  Canada  he  secured  the  cow  Daisy  Eyebright 
vol.  12  and  her  heifer  calf  Josephine  by  imp. 
Tambour  came  from  John  Snell's  Sons  of  On- 


44  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

tario.  Mr.  Kerr  also  purchased  the  entire  herd 
of  G.  Van  Horn  who  had  been  breeding  Short- 
horns in  Montgomery  county,  later  locating  on 
a  section  of  land  lying  fifteen  miles  northwest 
of  Yates  Center  which  to  this  time  is  known  as 
the  Van  Horn  Ranch. 


A  BHOETHOBN  BOY  AND  A  SHOKTHORN  CALF 

A  foundation  for  good  citizenship  and  prosperity. — Courtesy  of 
E.  C.  Watson  &  Sons,  Altoona. 

Shorthorns  Go  With  Berkshires— A.  W.  Rol- 
lins of  Riley  county  was  better  known  as  a  breed- 
er of  prize  winning  Berkshire  hogs  than  as  a 
breeder  of  Shorthorns.  His  herd  of  cattle,  while 
not  large,  was  carefully  selected  and  represented 
the  more  popular  blood  lines  of  the  day.  His  sur- 
plus found  ready  sale  among  farmers  and  local 
breeders  and  he  occasionally  added  choice  ani- 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  45 

mals  to  the  herd  which  he  owned  from  about  1874 
until  late  in  the  eighties. 

First  Shorthorns  for  Barton  County. — In  a- 
bout  1875  or  1876  Matthew  Toews  settled  near 
Ellinwood  coming  from  Omro,  Wisconsin.  He 
had  been  breeding  in  that  state  and  brought  a 
small  herd  to  his  new  home. 

T.  M.  Marcy. — Mr.  Marcy  had  been  breeding 
Shorthorns  in  Ohio,  from  which  state  he  came  to 
Kansas  in  about  1877  locating  in  Shawnee 
county.  He  secured  three  bulls  from  K.  S. 
Streater  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  were  Bread- 
albane  2d  31887,  a  roan  by  the  Torr  bred  Booth 
bull,  imp.  Breadalbane  and  out  of  imp.  Golden 
Symp,  vol.  15 ;  Henry  3d,  a  roan  also  by  imp. 
Breadalbane  out  of  Calm  15th,  vol.  8 ;  and  imp. 
St.  Albans,  a  calf  out  of  imp.  Golden  Symp  by  the 
Booth  bull,  Athelstane.  These  bulls  were  all 
used  to  some  extent,  though  St.  Albans  was  used 
more  heavily  than  the  others  in  the  early  period 
of  the  herd's  existence.  Breadalbane  2d  was 
used  most  on  the  heifers  sired  by  St.  Albans. 
While  other  bulls  saw  service  in  the  herd,  only 
one,  Commodore  59188,  was  the  sire  of  many  of 
the  young  cattle  produced  in  the  middle  and 
latter  eighties. 

Commodore  was  bred  by  Col.  Harris  and  was 
calved  at  the  very  time  that  Baron  Victor 
reached  Linwood.  He  represented  the  Kentucky 
line  of  breeding  made  popular  in  the  West  by  the 


46  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Hamiltons.  The  M.  H.  Lyons  herd,  one  of  the 
first,  if  not  the  very  first  established  in  Okla- 
homa, was  founded  by  the  purchase  of  ten  young 
cows  and  heifers  from  Marcy  &  Son  in  1891. 
These  cows  were  nearly  all  by  Commodore  and 
were  among  the  last  of  the  larger  lots  bred  and 
sold  from  the  farm.  The  surplus  produce  of  the 
fifteen  or  more  years  found  a  ready  sale  locally 
and  a  number  of  sales  were  made  in  Iowa  and 
Nebraska.  The  herd  was  a  creditable  one  and 
had  Mr.  Marcy  taken  advantage  of  conditions 
by  buying  a  top  bull  at  Linwood  in  1883  or  1884, 
he  would  doubtless  have  profited  largely  from 
the  cross  with  his  good  strong  females. 

A  Student  of  Type  and  Pedigrees. — A  herd 
that  was  founded  in  the  seventies  and  main- 
tained for  nearly  forty  years  was  that  of  Andrew 
Pringle  of  Wabaunsee  county.  Mr.  Pringle 's 
strongest  point  was  that  he  was  a  stickler  for 
good  bulls.  His  early  purchases  of  females  were 
made  from  local  breeders  and  later  when  the 
Scotch  cattle  came  in  he  bought  Scotch,  and 
Scotch  topped  cows  of  merit  from  such  herds  as 
those  of  Col.  Harris  and  B.  O.  Cowan.  Collegian, 
a  son  of  the  great  cow,  Grace  Young  5th  by  Ty- 
coon, Jas.  N.  Brown's  noted  show  bull  and  sire, 
was  one  of  the  first  bulls  used.  When  Col.  Har- 
ris made  his  start  with  Cruickshank  cattle  Mr. 
Pringle  recognized  their  value  and  as  long  as  the 
Linwood  herd  existed  he  made  annual  or  semi- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  47 

annual  visits  of  a  day  or  two  days,  studying  and 
learning.  In  this  way  lie  acquired  not  only  a 
correct  idea  of  modern  Shorthorn  type  and  char- 
acter, but  also  a  broad  knowledge  of  pedigrees. 
He  obtained  his  herd  bulls  from  the  Linwood 
herd  as  long  as  he  could  and  later  bought  from 
J.  GK  Bobbins  &  Son,  John  Dryden  of  Canada, 
F.  W.  Ayers  of  Illinois  and  Carpenter  &  Ross. 
Few  herds  in  Kansas  were  owned  by  men  who 
more  consistently  than  Mr.  Pringle  bought  high 
class  sires.  The  bulls  produced  in  the  herd  near- 
ly all  went  to  the  western  trade  and  other  bulls 
from  the  locality  adjacent  to  Mr.  Pr ingle's  farm 
went  with  them.  Most  of  the  females  were  re- 
tained until  the  herd,  at  its  best,  numbered  more 
than  one  hundred  head.  After  this  they  were 
sold  to  breeders  or  used  in  founding  new  herds. 
Six  or  seven  years  ago  the  entire  herd  including 
the  Avondale  herd  bull,  Maxwalton  Eosedale, 
was  sold  to  Tomson  Bros,  who  retained  some  of 
the  most  desirable  specimens. 

G.  W.  K.  Bailey  &  Sons. — Late  in  the  seven- 
ties these  men  came  from  Pike  county,  Missouri 
to  Kansas,  locating  on  a  splendid  tract  of  land  at 
the  head  of  Fall  River,  fifteen  miles  northwest 
of  Eureka.  During  the  eighties  they  bred  a 
large  herd  of  good,  useful  cattle  which  were  an 
important  factor  in  local  live  stock  improvement. 

W.  E.  W.  Bailey,  the  oldest  son  of  the  family, 
also  owned  a  good  herd.  Both  herds  went  the 


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way  of  so  many  other  Shorthorns  during  the 
trying  times  of  1884  to  1897 ;  but  as  this  is  being 
written  I  am  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  Mr. 
Bailey  stating  that  he  wants  to  buy  a  few  good 
Shorthorns.  This  goes  to  show  that  good  cattle 
of  the  breed  have  a  lasting  influence  over  a  man 
and  that  when  he  has  once  formed  the  habit,  he 
will  revert  to  his  old  love  after  many  years.  Mr. 
Bailey  is  probably  past  sixty  and  lives  at  Utopia 
in  Greenwood  county.  He  will  be  successful 
with  his  cattle  when  he  buys  them. 

C.  B.  Norris.— In  about  1877  C.  B.  Norris  of 
Allen  county  purchased  a  few  females  closely  de- 
scended from  John  Inlow's  Prairie  Flower  by 
1st  Duke  of  Kansas.  He  also  secured  the  bull 


GOOD  FOUNDATION  STOCK  USED  BY  E.  S.  DALE,  PROTECTION 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  49 

Basil  Duke  4th,  a  son  of  Basil  Duke  6434,  a  bull 
of  wide  reputation  in  Henry  Laramore's  Gallo- 
way county,  Missouri,  herd.  Two  of  the  cows 
were  by  Basil  Duke.  In  1880  these  cows  were 
sold  to  W.  B.  Woodside  of  Rose  and  at  Mr. 
Woodside's  dispersion  sale  in  1893  a  four-year- 
old  daughter  of  one  of  the  cows  was  sold  to  Sam- 
uel Kahl  of  Buffalo,  at  the  high  price  of  $50. 
Mr.  Kahl  bred  some  excellent  cattle  from  this 
cow  and  the  good  herd  of  P.  A.  Dumond  of  Yates 
Center  comes  from  the  Kahl  cows. 

Towne  &  Boomer. — This  Brown  county  firm 
began  breeding  Shorthorns  about  1877.  They 
owned,  among  others,  the  imported  cow  Charlotte 
4th  by  Duke  of  Knowlmere  and  a  lot  of  cows 
sired  by  the  Princess  bull,  Claud  Wetherby,  pur- 
chased about  1878  by  G.  W.  Glick.  (See  Glick 
sketch)  .  It  is  quite  likely  that  Claud  Wetherby 
was  received  by  Mr.  Glick  in  exchange  for  the 
bull  Gustavus  17276,  which  bull  Towne  &  Boom- 
er began  using  at  the  same  time  that  Mr.  Glick 
began  using  Claud  Wetherby.  The  herd  did  not 
assume  more  than  local  proportions  and  while 
consisting  of  splendid  cattle,  was  like  so  many 
others  lost  in  the  change  from  Bates  to  Scotch  in 
the  desperately  trying  times  of  the  middle  and 
latter  eighties. 

A  Wide  Range  of  Purchase. — Late  in  1875  H. 
A.  Stratton  of  Lyon  county  bought  the  bull 
Prince  27484  bred  by  A.  C.  Funk  of  Illinois. 


50  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Within  twelve  months  from  that  time  he  secured 
a  number  of  cows  from  Albert  Crane,  W.  W. 
Tipton  of  Coff ey  county,  Childs  &  Sweet  of  Ill- 
inois, H.  H.  Hankins  of  Ohio  and  T.  H.  Brettel 
of  Canada.  The  herd  was  maintained  for  a  good 
many  years  and  was  prolific.  Mr.  Stratton  lived 
in  that  part  of  Kansas  where  farmers  early 
learned  the  value  of  improved  stock  and  his  sur- 
plus was  readily  disposed  of  locally. 

An  Early  Rice  County  Herd. — Avery  Bros, 
and  E.  H.  Avery  of  Eice  county  worked  together, 
Avery  Bros,  later  having  possession  of  the  E.  H. 
Avery  herd.  E.  H.  Avery  had  been  a  Shorthorn 
breeder  at  Galesburg,  Illinois  and  came  to  Kan- 
sas late  in  1877  or  early  in  1878  bringing  some 
Shorthorns  with  him.  In  addition  to  the  pur- 
chase of  the  E.  H.  Avery  herd,  Avery  Bros, 
bought  stock  from  Albert  Crane  and  from  other 
Kansas  breeders,  some  of  which  represented  pop- 
ular blood  lines.  In  1882  quite  a  number  of  the 
cattle  went  to  George  Avery  Jr.,  of  Sterling. 

Joseph  E.  Guild. — Joseph  E.  Guild  of  Silver 
Lake,  Shawnee  county,  a  prominent  farmer  of 
his  section,  purchased  in  1879  the  red  bull  Baron 
Adelaide  34427,  the  red  cows,  Lady  Leonard  2d 
and  Lady  Leonard  3d,  both  by  the  famous  sire 
and  show  bull,  Oakland  Favorite,  and  the  red, 
Lady  Cundiff,  of  Dr.  W.  H.  Cundiff,  Pleasant 
Hill,  Missouri.  These  cattle  represented  the 
Leonard  Flora  family,  then  one  of  the  best  in  the 


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51 


West.  The  Guild  herd  while  not  large  was  quite 
favorably  known  for  a  good  many  years,  but 
probably  few  if  any  Shorthorns  descended  from 
Mr.  Guild's  breeding  could  now  be  found. 

First  Shorthorns  in  Northwest  Kansas.— 
Simpson  Plinn's  were  the  first  Shorthorns  for 
the  extreme  northwest  part  of  Kansas.  The  herd 
consisted  of  two  bulls  and  three  heifers  recorded 
as  calved  in  1880.  He  also  recorded  a  cow  bred 
by  D.  M.  Plinn  of  Iowa,  from  which  it  is  inferred 
that  Simpson  Flinn  of  Rawlins  county  was  of  the 
well  known  Iowa  family  of  that  name. 


GWENDOLINE  79th  217427 

With  a  record  of  5796.1  pounds  of  milk  as  a  two-year-old, 
the  Kansas  Agricultural  College. 


Owned  by 


52  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Breeding  for  Milk  Production. — Swain  Bros. 
&  Bates  of  Lawrence  bought  a  choicely  bred  lot 
of  cattle,  including  the  bulls  Earl  of  Athol  32485 
and  Grand  Juror  32769.  This  was  about  1878. 
Earl  of  Athol  was  out  of  Maid  of  Athol,  a  cow 
that  gave  12875  pounds  of  milk,  making  513 
pounds  of  butter  in  a  year.  Her  greatest  ten  day 
yield  was  581  pounds  of  milk  and  21*4  pounds 
of  butter.  Grand  Juror,  bred  by  Albert  Crane, 
was  by  Lord  Bates  2d.  The  cows  were  from  the 
herds  of  John  Inlow,  Avery  &  Murphy  and  the 
well  known  William  Miller  herd  in  Canada. 

Col.  Harris  and  a  Mr.  Swain,  probably  the 
same  person  mentioned  above,  were  associated 
and  a  few  animals  were  recorded  as  owned  joint- 
ly by  them.  Several  of  Col.  Harris'  early  pur- 
chases came  from  E.  D.  Swain. 

A  Breeder  in  the  Making. — Col.  W.  A.  Harris 
of  Linwood  did  not  differ  from  other  breeders 
except  in  two  respects.  He  held  positive  con- 
victions and  he  had  the  courage  to  assert  and  up- 
hold the  correctness  of  his  views  against  the 
whole  world  if  necessary.  His  first  Shorthorn 
purchase  is  recorded  in  vol.  18,  published  in 
April  1879,  where  it  is  stated  that  on  February 
20th  of  that  year  he  bought  of  Dr.  Cundiffe, 
Prince  Leonard  5th,  the  unfashionably  colored 
red  and  white  bull.  It  was  probably  about  the 
same  time  that  he  showed  his  disregard  of  fash- 
ion by  buying  a  roan  cow  for  roan  was  a  color 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  53 

which  then  had  no  place  in  most  Shorthorn  herds. 
There  was  nothing-  in  the  record  of  W.  A.  Harris 
prior  to  1880  which  would  lead  one  to  suspect  that 
America's  greatest  breeder  was  making  his  start. 

Minor  Shorthorn  Operations. — The  herds  men- 
tioned thus  far  all  assumed  considerable  promi- 
nence and  were  a  strong  factor  in  building  up 
Shorthorn  interests  in  Kansas.  There  were  many 
small  breeders  scattered  over  the  state  prior  to 
1880  of  whom  it  is  possible  to  give  only  limited 
information.  Most  of  these  men  did  not  handle 
Shorthorns  a  great  length  of  time  nor  did  their 
work  have  any  influence  on  present  day  herds. 

In  1872  Robert  Cook  of  Allen  county  bought 
four  females  from  Ohio  breeders.  He  continued 
his  work  for  nine  years  producing  cattle  of  fair 
quality  which  were  sold  locally. 

S.  L.  Shotwell  of  ElDorado  bought  a  bull  and 
seven  cows  of  M.  B.  Robertson,  Sonora,  Ohio  in 
1879.  Three  of  the  cows  produced  heifer  calves 
shortly  after  reaching  Kansas  and  by  1880  Mr. 
Shotwell  had  a  good  little  herd.  No  record  of 
later  operations  appears. 

Two  herds  of  national  reputation,  those  of  J. 
P.  Sanborn  of  Michigan  and  William  Miller  of 
Canada,  furnished  the  foundation  for  a  herd  in 
Dickinson  county.  The  cattle  were  owned  a  few 
years  by  G.  E.  Hunton  and  included  the  imported 
cow  Young  Bracelet  from  which  he  raised  three 
heifers  that  were  retained. 


54  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

In  about  1877  W.  S.  Burkham  of  Douglas 
county  bought  from  Pickrell  &  Kissinger  and 
from  the  Bow  Park  herd  in  Canada  a  few  cows  of 
very  choice  ancestry.  But  little  record  of  his 
work  appears  later  and  this  splendid  foundation 
which  might  have  been  crossed  with  Cruickshank 
bulls  and  made  one  of  the  outstanding  herds  of 
the  state  seems  to  have  been  lost  to  the  breed. 

In  March  1877  J.  E.  Woodford  of  Burlington 
bought  of  the  estate  of  W.  W.  Tipton  of  Cof  f  ey 
county  the  red  roan  heifer,  Belle,  then  just  one 
month  old.  It  is  probable  that  he  also  secured 
her  dam,  Belle  of  Bristle,  vol.  10.  At  the  time 
of  this  purchase  or  very  shortly  thereafter,  Mr. 
Woodford  bought  several  other  females  and  he 
retained  Shorthorns  for  twenty  years.  At  no 
time,  however,  did  the  herd  assume  more  than 
local  importance.  It  might  be  of  interest  to 
know  that  the  heifer  calf  mentioned  above  was 
a  descendant  in  the  maternal  line  from  the  first 
Shorthorns  brought  to  Kansas  by  S.  S.  Tipton 
in  1857. 

Reynolds  &  Pritchard,  whose  main  establish- 
ment was  located  near  Madison  in  Greenwood 
county,  bred  and  handled  Shorthorns  extensively 
from  1870  to  1886.  In  addition  to  the  Greenwood 
county  ranch  they  also  operated  a  large  estab- 
lishment near  Augusta  and  one  in  Sedgwick 
county.  This  firm  should  probably  be  classed 
as  dealers  rather  than  as  breeders. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  55 

Harvey  county  became  the  home  of  a  lot  of 
cows  from  the  historic  Dunn  herd  in  Ohio.  In 
1875  Armenia  Casterline  started  a  herd  which  he 
cared  for  under  good  conditions.  The  bull 
calves  were  all  sold  locally  and  the  heifers  kept. 
The  early  history  of  the  establishment  indicated 
permanency  but  for  some  cause  which  the  records 
do  not  disclose,  Mr.  Casterline  ceased  operations. 

W.  G.  Anderson  began  business  in  Johnson 
county  about  1875  by  purchases  made  in  Ohio  and 
Kentucky  and  for  a  number  of  years  the  heifers 
produced  were  retained.  The  bulls  found  ready 
sale  in  the  surrounding  territory. 

Burtiss  Bros,  and  C.  L.  Burtiss  of  Jefferson 
county,  whose  operations  were  closely  connected, 
owned  a  small  herd  in  the  middle  seventies  which 
they  sold  to  Frank  Leach  of  Waterville.  In  1875 
or  1876  Mr.  Leach  bought  from  N.  L.  Chaffee 
of  Manhattan  a  number  of  cows  and  probably 
also  the  well  known  bull,  Oxford  Wiley.  Some 
females  were  secured  from  O.  W.  Bill  of  Man- 
hattan. Mr.  Leach  continued  to  breed  until  the 
early  eighties. 

Gr.  T.  Watkins  came  to  Jackson  county  about 
1870  from  Pike  county,  Illinois,  where  he  had 
been  breeding  Shorthorns.  He  made  few  pur- 
chases and  recorded  but  little  produce  the  first 
ten  years,  but  during  the  eighties  he  carried  on 
more  extensive  breeding  operations  and  stock 
from  his  herd  was  widely  scattered. 


56  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

It  was  toward  the  close  of  the  seventies  that 
M.  V.  Davis  and  J.  W.  Martin,  both  of  Labette 
county,  each  bought  a  number  of  cows  from  the 
Piper  herd.  Their  breeding  operations  contin- 
ued in  a  limited  way  for  several  years. 

K.  Williams  &  Son  of  Lincoln  county  were 
breeders  from  1872  until  early  in  the  eighties. 
The  herd  was  not  large  and  was  little  known 
outside  the  immediate  vicinity. 

Levi  Dumbauld  was  a  prominent  breeder  from 
1874  to  1885.  During  these  years  he  maintained 
a  good  Shorthorn  herd  on  his  Lyon  county  farm. 
The  territory  around  his  home  furnished  a 
market  for  his  young  bulls  and  a  female  now  and 
then.  He  used  extensively  and  probably  for  too 
long,  a  bull,  King  of  the  Prairie,  bought  of  A.  C. 
Funk  of  Illinois. 

Although  P.  McHardy  of  Emporia  bred  a  few 
Shorthorns  he  can  not  be  properly  classed  as  a 
breeder.  He  was  rather  a  dealer  who  bought  and 
sold  cattle  in  large  numbers  and  of  varying 
quality  to  suit  the  purchaser.  Later  he  trans- 
ferred his  activities  to  the  Galloways  and  became 
a  leading  promoter  of  that  breed  in  the  early  and 
middle  eighties. 

Two  Marion  county  herds  which  existed  from 
1873  to  1888,  producing  a  good  many  Shorthorns 
from  which  a  few  cattle  now  living  are  descended, 
were  those  of  A.  H.  and  H.  H.  Lackey.  There 
is  nothing  to  indicate  that  they  produced  any- 


58  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

thing  better  than  medium  cattle.  The  Lackeys 
were  quite  good  advertisers  and  enjoyed  a  liberal 
patronage.  Another  Marion  county  herd  of  the 
same  time  was  that  of  John  Kraft  who  bought  in 
Canada  the  bull,  Lord  Barrington  36022  and  the 
cow,  Lady  Aileen  2d.  The  records  show  only 
one  heifer  produced  from  this  cow. 

W.  C.  Bancroft  of  Solomon  Rapids  was  one  of 
the  first  breeders,  if  not  the  first,  in  Mitchell 
county.  In  1877  he  bought  of  K  L.  Chaf f ee  of 
Manhattan,  a  lot  of  cows  that  were  sired  by  the 
excellent  bulls,  Oxford  Wiley,  imp.  Clarendon, 
1st  Grand  Duke  of  Kansas  and  Eed  Wiley,  a  son 
of  Oxford  Wiley.  The  general  opinion  is  that 
the  Chaf  fee  cattle  were  a  very  desirable  lot. 

At  one  of  the  numerous  sales  held  by  J.  C.  & 
George  Hamilton  in  Kansas  City,  T.  J.  Peters 
of  Osage  county  bought  three  cows.  Two  were 
by  Duke  of  jtSToxubee  and  one  by  Earl  of  Barring- 
ton,  both  well  known  and  very  popular  sires. 
This  purchase  was  made  in  1879  and  Mr.  Peters 
continued  his  operations  for  a  few  years. 

E.  R.  Brown  of  Pottawatomie  county  bred 
Shorthorns  from  about  1872  to  1880.  A  peculiar 
feature  of  his  work  was  that  he  recorded  no 
cattle  earlier  than  vol.  20. 

In  1879  Geo.  T.  Poison  of  Riley  county  bought 
four  cows  from  the  well  known  and  then  pop- 
ular herds  of  A.  M.  Winslow  &  Sons  and  Wil- 
liam Stevenson  &  Sons.  Before  the  end  of 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  59 

the  year  the  cows  produced  one  heifer  and  two 
bull  calves.  Another  Biley  county  herd  that  was 
established  about  this  time  or  a  little  earlier  was 
that  of  John  J.  Lovett.  Some  of  his  cattle  were 
very  good  and  some  were  of  quite  medium  qual- 
ity. He  kept  his  herd  only  a  short  time,  selling 
some  to  local  breeders  and  some  to  the  Hamiltons 
of  Kentucky,  who  put  them  in  their  Kansas  City 
sales. 

Late  in  the  seventies  Lanson  Eaton  bought  a 
number  of  good  cattle  from  James  O'Neal  &  Son 
and  other  local  breeders  which  were  kept  for  a 
few  years  on  his  Shawnee  county  farm. 


SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  1880-1920 

A  quarter  of  a  century  had  passed  since  R.  A. 
Alexander  imported  Duke  of  Airdrie  and  set  him 
to  work  in  the  great  herd  at  Woodburn.  Duke 
of  Airdrie  proved  a  sire  of  extraordinary  bulls 
that  fairly  made  the  reputation  of  the  Bates 
cattle  throughout  the  western  Shorthorn  country. 
Abram  Renick  bred  one  of  his  Rose  of  Sharon 
cows  to  him  and  secured  Airdrie  2478,  the  bull 
that  made  the  Rose  of  Sharons  famous  on  both 
sides  of  the  water. 

Leading  breeders  all  over  the  country  wanted 
Bates  bulls  and  those  of  secondary  importance 
wanted  the  Rose  of  Sharons.  They  indulged  in 
speculation  in  pedigrees  so  that  cattle  with  little 
to  recommend  them  except  that  they  were  of 
fashionable  blood,  sold  for  several  times  more 
than  far  better  ones  descended  from  better  ances- 
try. Thousands  of  dollars  were  paid  for  ped- 
igrees called  pure  or  straight,  or  on  the  strength 
of  an  ancestor  of  whose  blood  nothing  remained 
but  the  name.  Thousands  of  dollars  were  de- 
ducted for  the  insertion,  ever  so  far  back,  of  a  so- 
called  unfashionable  cross.  This  situation  cul- 
minated in  the  great  New  York  Mills  sale  with 
its  $40,600  for  8th  Duchess  of  Geneva,  a  cow 
normally  near  the  end  of  her  usefulness. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  61 

Many  leading  American  breeders  had  refused 
to  be  stampeded  or  to  worship  at  the  shrine  of 
ancient  ancestry.  Among  these  were  William 
Warf  ield  who  through  sane  and  sensible  methods 
produced  real  cattle;  J.  H.  Pickrell,  later  sec- 
retary of  The  American  Shorthorn  Breeders 
Association;  James  N.  Brown  &  Sons;  J.  H. 
Potts  &  Son  of  Duke  of  Richmond  fame ;  J.  H. 
Kissenger,  associate  of  Mr.  Pickrell ;  and  C.  E. 
Leonard  who  made  the  name  of  Ravenswood  fa- 
miliar. These  level-headed  men  failed  to  stem  the 
tide,  but  they  saved  the  breed  for  America. 

The  Hamiltons  of  Kentucky  virtually  invaded 
Kansas  at  the  close  of  the  seventies  and  with  the 
cry  of  "Flat  Creek  Marys"  created  a  demand  for 
Young  Mary  bulls.  Flat  Creek  Mary  was  de- 
scended from  imp.  Young  Mary,  a  cow  probably 
without  a  peer  among  imported  Shorthorns.  The 
year  1880  found  good  Shorthorn  herds  here  and 
there  and  also  herds  of  badly  battered  and  in- 
jured cattle  whose  owners  were  trying  to  main- 
tain the  prestige  of  the  breed  against  Heref ords 
and  Angus,  then  being  brought  into  the  West  in 
large  numbers.  Although  Kansas  had  to  some  ex- 
tent been  made  the  dumping  ground  for  inferior 
specimens  yet  there  were  many  good  Shorthorns 
in  the  state,  a  considerable  proportion  of  which 
would  be  called  good  even  now. 

The  time  was  ripe  for  a  change  from  the  old 
system  of  selection  by  pedigree  to  the  sensible 


62 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


one  of  selection  for  individual  merit  and  quality 
of  immediate  ancestry.  It  required  only  a  com- 
mander-in-cliief  to  rally  the  people  of  America 
to  the  standard  of  right  thinking  and  it  fell  to 
Kansas  to  furnish  the  man,  W.  A.  Harris  of  Lin- 
wood. 


THIS  is  WHAT 

THE  SCOTCH 

CEOSS     DID     TO 

AMEEICAN 

SHOETHOENS 


W.  A.  Harris. — Col.  W. .  A.  Harris,  soldier, 
statesman  and  leading  American  breeder  of 
Shorthorns,  was  a  shining  example  of  a  man  who 
could  have  accumulated  great  wealth  but  who  un- 
selfishly gave  himself  to  others.  As  a  breeder  he 
stands  alone  in  that  he  dared  to  stem  the  tide  and 
dared  to  do  what  seemed  best  at  the  risk  of  in- 
curring the  disapproval  of  his  fellow  breeders. 
A  born  leader,  Col.  Harris  succeeded  in  accom- 
plishing on  his  Leavenworth  county  farm,  what 
no  other  breeder  in  America  since  his  day  has 
accomplished.  What  Amos  Cruickshank  was  to 
Scotland,  Col.  Harris  was  to  the  country  west  of 
the  Mississippi  and  especially  to  Kansas.  It  is 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  63 

fitting  that  the  account  of  the  period  from  1880 
to  the  present  be  begun  with  the  story  of  the 
achievements  of  W.  A.  Harris. 

It  was  in  the  fall  of  1880  or  a  little  later,  that 
J.  C.  Stone,  Jr.  of  Leavenworth  had  bought  a  lot 
of  bull  calves  of  W.  E.  Simmes  of  Kentucky. 
They  were  all  the  popular  Bates,  crossed  or 
straight  Bates  breeding,  except  one,  a  red,  calved 
December  3,  1879,  called  Golden  Drop  of  Hill- 
hurst.  He  was  by  the  fashionably  bred  4th  Duke 
of  Hillhurst  and  his  dam  was  by  the  equally  pop- 
ular 7th  Earl  of  Oxford,  but  his  grandam  was 
a  plainly  bred  cow,  Wastell's  Golden  Drop  4th 
bred  in  Scotland  by  one  Sylvester  Campbell.  This 
calf  was  not  considered  especially  desirable  and 
Mr.  Stone  may  have  taken  him  in  order  to  close 
the  deal.  In  any  event  it  is  not  likely  that  he 
took  him  from  choice. 

Col.  Harris  saw  this  young  bull  and,  asserting 
that  independence  which  led  him  to  buy  a  red  and 
white  bull  while  everything  except  dark  red  was 
being  tabooed,  and  a  roan  cow  when  roans  were 
not  wanted  in  good  herds,  he  bought  this  bull, 
Golden  Drop  of  Hillhurst.  Mr.  Sanders  says 
it  was  through  this  bull  that  Mr.  Harris  became 
favorably  inclined  toward  Scotch  cattle.  At  any 
rate,  after  a  year's  ownership  of  this  fellow,  75 
per  cent  Bates  and  25  per  cent  Scotch,  he  decided 
to  look  for  a  Scotch  bull  and  at  the  sale  held  by 
J.  H.  Kissenger  of  Missouri  on  May  3,  1882,  he 


64  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

bought  imp.  Baron  Victor  of  Mr.  Cruickshank 's 
breeding.  He  also  bought  three  cows,  Victoria 
63d,  Victoria  69th  and  Violet  Bud.  The  bull 
cost  $1100  and  the  cows,  $530,  $390  and  $450. 
Baron  Victor  was  at  once  freely  used,  not  only  on 
the  cows  bought  with  him,  but  also  on  the  Bates 
crossed  cows  in  the  herd.  Results  were  next  to 
marvelous.  In  the  section  tributary  to  Kansas 
City  nothing  like  the  Baron  Victor  calves  had 
been  seen,  more  especially  nothing  equal  to  the 
calves  that  were  not  from  Cruickshank  cows. 
Two  of  these  calves  were  offered  at  the  Breeders 
Sale  in  Kansas  City  and  the  battle  was  won  for 
the  Cruickshank  kind. 

Col.  Harris  decided  to  buy  more  cows  of  Mr. 
Cruickshank 's  breeding  and  within  a  year  he 
added  Barmpton  Violet,  Gladiolus,  Gardenia, 
Lavender  32d,  Marsh  Violet  and  Sorrel,  all  bred 
by  Mr.  Cruickshank.  He  also  bought  Butterfly 
2d,  Harmony  2d  and  Ury  llth  of  Scotch  extrac- 
tion but  somewhat  Bates  crossed. 

It  is  said  that  Col.  Harris  was  a  good  sales- 
man but  he  was  also  a  liberal  buyer  of  the  import- 
ed Cruickshank  cows  and  other  good  cattle  wher- 
ever he  found  them.  The  Warfield  bred  heifer, 
Primrose,  by  2d  Duke  of  Grasmere  was  bought 
and  bred  to  Baron  Victor.  She  produced  Dr. 
Primrose  that  became  a  noted  show  bull  in  the 
Williams  &  Householder  herd.  Col.  Harris  fur- 
ther violated  the  conventionalities  by  buying 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


65 


Norton's  Golden  Drop  by  the  Bates  bull,  imp. 
Underley  Wild  Eyes,  and  from  her  he  bred  Gol- 
den Knight,  a  bull  used  with  marked  success  in 
the  herd.  From  this  half  Bates  cow,  Norton's 


m 


I 


PHOTOGRAPH  FROM  THE  BUST  OF  COL.  W.  A.  HARRIS. 

— Courtesy  Breeder's  Gazette. 


66  A    HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Golden  Drop,  lie  bred  the  Golden  Drop  family 
and  the  verdict  of  those  familiar  with  the  oper- 
ations of  Col.  Harris  is  that  the  Golden  Drops 
were  the  crowning  triumph  of  his  work  as  a 
breeder.  It  is  of  interest  to  know  that  Golden 
Lord,  the  last  bull  used  in  the  herd,  was  out  of 
Norton's  Golden  Drop  and  by  Lord  Mayor,  a 
bull  of  his  own  breeding.  Lord  Mayor  was  one 
of  the  best  bulls  of  the  breed  and  was  used  in 
Kansas  for  fifteen  years. 

Shortly  after  the  purchases  of  the  Cruick- 
shank  cows  mentioned  above,  Col.  Harris  added 
Golden  Thistle  and  Lavender  36th  by  Roan 
Gauntlet  and  Lavender  33d  and  Sapphire  by 
Barmpton.  Among  later  purchases  were  Lady 
of  the  Meadow,  the  dam  of  Lord  Mayor ;  Barmp- 
ton Crocus ;  Lavender  38th ;  the  Duchess  of 
Gloster  trio,  the  26th,  27th  and  28th  Duchesses 
of  Gloster ;  Wood  Violet ;  Lovely  41st ;  Victoria 
76th;  Stephanotis  whose  descendants  became 
famous  in  the  herds  of  S.  C.  Hanna  and  H.  M. 
Hill ;  Lady  of  Shallott ;  Vera ;  March  Violet,  and 
the  greatest  of  all,  imp.  Princess  Alice  by  Field 
Marshal. 

At  about  the  time  Col.  Harris  had  reached  the 
point  where  financial  returns  would  have  been 
heavy  under  normal  conditions,  the  country  was 
suffering  from  an  era  of  low  prices  and  the  cat- 
tle market  was  such  as  to  discourage  production. 
Many  good  herds  were  sold  and  the  demand  for 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  67 

the  product  of  this  herd  fell  to  the  lowest  level. 
The  output  was,  however,  taken  as  rapidly  as 
produced.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the 
foundation  for  the  Linwood  herd  had  been  laid 
from  the  best  Shorthorns  then  in  the  world  and 
from  a  herd  which  had  admittedly  reached  its 
highest  possible  stage  of  perfection. 

The  problem  Col.  Harris  had  to  solve  was  one 
which  has  always  been  hard  for  the  breeder.  So 
good  an  authority  as  Mr.  Sanders  tells  us  the 
resort  to  inbreeding  as  practiced  by  Thomas 
Bates,  Abram  Renick  and  Amos  Cruickshank 
has  given  the  world  its  greatest  triumphs  but  it 
has  been  found  exceedingly  difficult  to  maintain 
the  standard  of  excellence  in  cattle  so  produced. 
It  is  stated  on  the  best  of  authority  that  Col. 
Harris  had  serious  trouble  along  this  line.  An 
old  Shorthorn  breeder  of  sound  judgment  who 
was  a  frequent  visitor  at  Linwood  has  told  me 
that  had  it  been  at  all  advisable  to  use  such  a  bull 
as  the  best  of  Mr.  Vaile's  production  crossed  with 
a  Cruickshank  cow,  or  the  reverse,  the  result 
would  have  been  a  splendid  thing  for  the  Lin- 
wood herd.  This,  of  course,  is  a  theory,  sub- 
stantially supported  by  practice,  but  with  the  dis- 
crimination shown  in  favor  of  Cruickshank  cat- 
tle at  that  period,  little  more  could  have  been 
done  than  was  being  done  by  using  Norton's 
Golden  Drop.  That  the  bull  question  was  a  ser- 
ious one  is  well  told  by  Mr.  Sanders  who  was 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  69 

closely  associated  with  the  work  done  at  Linwood 
and  Mr.  Sanders  also  states  that  in  this  respect 
breeders  of  Great  Britain  are  being  shown  more 
consideration  than  is  shown  in  America. 

It  was  to  the  credit  of  the  people  of  Kansas 
that  the  political  wheel  of  fortune  caught  the 
proprietor  of  the  magnificent  Linwood  herd 
and  made  him  first  congressman-at-large,  then 
United  States  senator.  Old  breeders  will  not 
admit  that  Shorthorn  interests  were  served  in 
these  honors  bestowed  on  Col.  Harris.  It  was  im- 
possible to  maintain  a  goodly  degree  of  success 
with  a  herd  already  up  to  such  a  point  of  ex- 
cellence, in  the  absence  'of  the  owner,  especially 
under  the  unfavorable  conditions  prevailing  at 
that  time.  Col.  Harris  had  no  choice  but  to  offer 
his  herd  at  public  sale.  Accordingly  a  dispersion 
sale  was  held  May  6, 1896,  when  sixty-three  head 
sold  at  an  average  of  $205.  After  serving  six 
years  in  the  senate,  Col.  Harris  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  American  Shorthorn  Breeders  Asso- 
ciation in  which  position  he  served  Shorthorn 
interests  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Breeders 
of  Kansas  and  of  the  whole  nation  have  honored 
the  memory  of  Col.  Harris  by  placing  a  statue 
on  the  grounds  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College  at  Manhattan. 

Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. — The  his- 
tory of  the  Shorthorn  cattle  at  the  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College  begins  with  the  year  1873 


70  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

when  Fred  E.  Miller,  farm  foreman,  and  Regent 
Hudson  purchased  from  Andrew  Wilson  of 
Shawnee  county,  the  bull  Zena  King  151801 
($400),  and  the  heifers  Grace  Young  4th  ($800), 
Grace  Young  5th  ($1080),  and  Kate  Kee  ($400). 
Grace  Young  5th  proved  to  be  a  remarkable 
breeder  and  left  on  the  college  farm  a  family  of 
high  class  cattle.  The  best  cow  now  owned  by  the 
college  and  one  the  equal  of  any  cow  in  any  herd 
is  a  descendant  of  the  cow  Grace  Young  5th. 

On  April  1,  1874  Professor  E.  M.  Shelton 
assumed  the  duties  of  Professor  of  Agriculture. 
He  was  much  interested  in  live  stock  and  built 
up  a  very  high  class  hefd  of  Shorthorns  at  the 
college.  The  splendid  herd  bulls  used  is  a  good 
index  to  the  kind  of  cattle  produced  by  the  college 
and  reflects  great  credit  upon  the  farsightedness 
and  the  splendid  interest  in  live  stock  shown  by 
the  men  in  charge  of  the  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture. 

In  1876  the  bull  Second  Duke  of  Jubilee  19498 
bred  by  J.  M.  Woodruff  was  purchased  from 
Durham  Park.  The  herd  being  comparatively 
small  it  was  necessary  to  secure  another  bull  as 
soon  as  the  heifers  by  Second  Duke  of  Jubilee 
reached  breeding  age.  A.  W.  Rollins  of  Manhat- 
tan very  generously  loaned  the  use  of  the  bull 
Delight  Duke  32132  during  the  fall  of  1878. 

In  1879  Prince  Constance  36546,  bred  by  A.  M. 
Winslow  &  Sons,  was  purchased.  The  bull  Earl 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  71 

of  Sharon  43647  bred  by  A.  Renick  was  used  in 
1881  and  on  May  12,  1882  Paymaster  46722  bred 
by  J.  W.  Burgess  was  purchased  from  Durham 
Park.  In  1884  he  was  succeeded  by  Grand 
Gwynne  56310  bred  by  Wm.  Warfield  from 
whom  he  was  purchased. 

Professor  Shelton  early  saw  the  advantage  and 
value  of  Scotch  Shorthorns  and  purchased  the 
Cruickshank  bred  Thistle  Top  83876  from  Jas. 
Davidson  of  Canada  in  1886.  This  bull  cost  the 
college  $600.  The  same  year  June  8,  Professor 
Shelton  consigned  eight  heifers  and  seven  year- 
ling bulls  to  the  Bill  &  Burnham  sale.  The  col- 
lege bred  cattle  outsold  the  other  cattle  by  a  nice 
margin.  In  1888  Scottish  Chief  89317  by  imp. 
Julius  56643,  bred  by  I.  Barr  &  Son,  was  added  to 
the  herd. 

In  1890  C.  C.  Georgeson  succeeded  Prof- 
fessor  Shelton  as  Professor  of  Agriculture. 
Professor  Georgeson  was  keenly  interested  in 
live  stock  and  through  his  untiring  efforts  a  great 
deal  was  done  toward  solving  many  perplexing 
problems  confronting  the  live  stock  producers  of 
Kansas.  In  looking  back  over  the  work  done  by 
Professor  Georgeson  and  taking  into  consider- 
ation the  trying  conditions  under  which  he 
worked,  one  can  not  help  but  realize  that  when 
Professor  Georgeson  left  the  college,  Kansas 
lost  one  of  the  biggest  and  best  men  that  was  ever 
connected  with  this  institution. 


72  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Soon  after  taking  charge  Professor  Georgeson 
traded  Scottish  Chief  to  Col.  W.  A.  Harris  for 
imp.  Eoyal  Pirate  100640  bred  by  A.  Cruick- 
shank.  On  June  3,  1891  imp.  Royal  Pirate  was 
traded  back  to  Col.  Harris  for  imp.  Craven 
Knight  96923  by  Cumberland  50626  and  on  Jan- 
uary 24,  1894  Professor  Georgeson  traded 
Craven  Knight  to  Col.  Harris  for  Golden  Knight 
108086,  a  son  of  imp.  Craven  Knight  out  of  a 
Golden  Drop  cow.  Excellent  results  were  se- 
cured by  breeding  Craven  Knight  heifers  to 
Golden  Knight.  The  college  was  exceedingly 
fortunate  in  having  been  able  to  secure  such  a 
worthy  sire  as  Craven  Knight  at  the  head  of  its 
herd. 

In  1897  a  great  calamity  befell  the  live  stock 
interests  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. It  had  been  suspicioned  for  some  time  that 
tuberculosis  was  present  in  the  college  herd. 
Professor  Georgeson  received  permission  to 
have  the  entire  herd  tested  with  tuberculin. 
Thirty-four  per  cent  of  the  cattle  tested  reacted. 
Of  all  those  reacting  only  two  showed  any  phys- 
ical symptoms  of  the  disease.  These  two  were 
destroyed  and  showed  typical  lesions.  The  other 
cattle  were  placed  in  quarantine  for  observation 
and  further  testing.  Professor  Georgeson 
recommended  that  the  cattle  be  isolated  and  stud- 
ied with  the  hope  that  some  method  other  than 
ruthless  slaughter  might  be  discovered  whereby 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  73 

this  disease  could  be  controlled  and  eradicated. 
It  might  be  worth  mentioning  that  not  a  single 
one  of  the  inbred  Craven  Knight  heifers  re- 
acted to  the  tuberculin  test. 

About  this  time  Professor  Georgeson  resigned 
and  was  succeeded  by  Professor  H.  M.  Cottrell, 
and  he  recommended  that  all  diseased  cattle  be 
killed.  The  herd  was  retested  by  Dr.  Fisher. 
Dr.  Jas.  Law  of  Cornell  and  Dr.  T.  A.  Geddes 
of  the  TJ.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  were 
called  to  counsel  with  Dr.  Fisher  in  regard  to  the 
result  of  the  test.  After  careful  deliberation  it 
was  decided  to  kill  all  reacting  cattle.  On  Oc- 
tober 20-21  these  cattle  were  killed  and  a  public 
post-mortem  was  held  by  Doctors  Law,  Geddes, 
and  Fisher  before  a  large  number  of  veterinar- 
ians, stockmen  and  others.  Every  reacting  ani- 
mal was  found  to  be  tubercular. 

An  influential  Kansas  agricultural  paper  had 
for  years  been  bitterly  opposed  to  the  idea  of  the 
college  owning  any  pure  bred  live  stock.  This 
opposition,  aided  by  the  political  situation  at  that 
time,  lead  to  an  order  from  the  Board  of  Regents 
that  all  pure  bred  live  stock  remaining  on  the  col- 
lege farm  be  disposed  of  at  once.  In  compliance 
with  this  order  a  public  sale  was  held  at  the  col- 
lege in  November  1897.  Golden  Knight,  the  bull 
that  had  proved  himself  such  an  excellent  sire, 
went  to  the  herd  of  J.  H.  Taylor  of  Dickinson 
county  for  $190. 


74  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

It  soon  became  evident  that  the  Board  of 
Regents  had  made  a  serious  mistake  when  it 
issued  the  order  that  no  pure  bred  live  stock 
should  be  kept  on  the  college  farm,  and  Professor 
Cottrell  was  finally  permitted  in  1901  to  pur- 
chase pure  bred  representatives  of  several  breeds 
of  live  stock.  In  this  purchase  were  three  Short- 
horns. The  same  year  a  Shorthorn  heifer 
was  donated  to  the  college  by  T.  K.  Tomson  & 
Sons  of  Dover. 

Professor  Cottrell  resigned  early  in  1902  and 
the  live  stock  work  was  placed  in  charge  of  a 
dairy  husbandman.  This  arrangement  continued 
until  September  1905  when  a  separate  depart- 
ment of  Animal  Husbandry  was  created  and  R. 
J.  Kiiizer  placed  in  charge  as  Professor  of 
Animal  Husbandry.  The  growth  of  the  depart- 
ment under  Professor  Kinzer  was  little  short  of 
marvelous.  The  Shorthorn  herd  he  built  up 
from  1905  to  1911  without  any  appropriation 
from  the  legislature  was  one  of  which  any  breed- 
er wrould  have  been  proud. 

The  first  Shorthorn  bull  used  was  Ravenswood 
Admiration,  a  son  of  Lavender  Viscount  out  of 
a  granddaughter  of  Cumberland  50626.  He  was 
followed  by  Lavender  Viceroy  223936,  another 
son  of  Lavender  Viscount  out  of  a  daughter  of 
Baron  Lavender  2d  72610.  One  of  his  sons, 
Orange  Lavender  295670,  dropped  on  the  college 
farm  in  1906,  was  the  next  bull  used.  St.  Clair 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  75 

306509,  a  Man-  bred  "Clara"  imported  in  dam, 
was  loaned  the  college  by  Tomson  Bros,  during 
the  winter  of  1909-1910.  He  proved  himself  to 
be  a  wonderfully  good  sire  but  he  got  away  before 
his  first  crop  of  calves  made  their  appearance. 
The  bull  Sentinel  317021  purchased  from  Tomson 
Bros,  was  used  for  two  seasons  and  then  Match- 
less Dale  291609  calved  December  12,  1906  by 
Avondale  245144  out  of  Matchless  Mist,  came 
upon  the  scene  having  been  purchased  in  the 
International  Shorthorn  sale  at  Chicago  in  Dec- 
ember 1911  for  the  sum  of  $400. 

T.  O.  Ford,  Montgomery  County. — Mr.  Ford's 
first  purchases  were  made  at  the  big  Hamilton 
sale  at  Kansas  City  in  1878,  and  consisted  of  one 
bull  and  five  cows  from  the  noted  herd  of  T. 
Corwin  Anderson  of  Kentucky.  While  his  herd 
assumed  only  local  importance,  the  close  times 
of  the  eighties  found  him  with  more  than 
100  Shorthorns  on  hand.  In  about  1887 
Mr.  Ford  needed  a  good  bull.  Bulls  were  cheap 
but  money  was  scarce.  Through  the  writer  he 
arranged  a  deal  for  Grand  Airdrie,  a  Hamilton 
br«ed  son  of  the  $10,000  imp.  Grand  Duke  of  Gen- 
eva, giving  the  choice  of  his  cow  herd  in  ex- 
change. Grand  Airdrie,  measured  by  Bates 
standard,  was  a  good  bull,  yet  the  deal  proved 
to  be  a  mistake  which  Mr.  Ford  soon  afterward 
corrected  by  the  purchase  of  Scottish  Em- 
peror. Only  those  who  went  through  this  period 


76  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS- 

with  a  large  herd  can  realize  how  great  were  Mr. 
Ford's  trials.  In  1893  he  sold  a  number  of  cows 
to  H.  M.  Hill  and  a  little  later  Mr.  Hill  bought 
the  entire  herd  including  Scottish  Emperor.  This 
was  Mr.  Hill's  initiation  in  the  Shorthorn  busi- 
ness and  while  prices  were  so  low  that  little 
profit  accrued,  yet  he  did  well  on  the  Ford  cattle. 

C.  M.  Gifford  &  Sons,  Clay  County.— This 
was  one  of  the  most  favorably  known  firms  of 
breeders  in  the  northeast  section  of  the  state. 
Operations  were  begun  by  Gifford  &  Sons  late 
in  the  seventies  and  by  1882  they  had  a  good 
sized  herd.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  they  bought 
the  red  and  white,  Cordelia's  Duke,  a  popular 
Benick  Eose  of  Sharon  bull  that  had  been  a  good 
winner  at  the  leading  western  shows.  He  was 
used  with  other  bulls  of  similiar  breeding.  The 
herd  occupied  a  prominent  position  and  was 
later  kept  up  by  F.  M.  Gifford,  the  junior  part- 
ner. Mr.  Gifford  made  no  effort  to  breed  his 
cattle  along  any  straight  line  but  the  general 
opinion  is  that  he  raised  good  cattle.  Some  years 
ago  he  sold  the  entire  lot  to  S.  B.  Amcoats  and  it 
was  from  these  cattle  that  many  of  the  good 
things  on  the  Amcoats  farm  have  been  bred.  The 
herd  until  recently  owned  by  Warren  Watts  of 
Clay  Center  is  also  descended  from  Gifford  bred 
cattle  and  the  output  of  the  herd  has  been  used 
by  numerous  others  as  a  foundation. 

John  McCoy,  Brown  County. — John  McCoy,  a 


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77 


native  of  Ireland,  came  to  Kansas  in  1872.  In 
1878  he  bought  his  first  Shorthorn  cow  at  W.  S. 
White's  sale  for  $100.  In  1881  he  bought  a  red 


JOHN  McCOY 
A  pioneer  breeder 


J.  W.  HYDE 

A  breeder  since  1870 


and  white  bull,  Craig,  by  Loudon  Duke  6th  of 
Cowan's  and  shortly  thereafter  he  secured  four 
cows  from  the  Cowan  herd.  "They  were  good 
ones  and  they  would  be  good  ones  now",  Mr. 
McCoy  told  me.  A  succession  of  high  class  bulls 
was  used.  With  judicious  care  and  feeding,  Mr. 
McCoy,  unhampered  by  fads,  with  only  real 
Shorthorn  quality  in  mind,  developed  his  herd 
into  one  of  great  excellence.  A  further  account 
of  the  work  of  John  McCoy  &  Son  is  given  later 
in  this  volume.  Mr.  McCoy  must  be  considered 


78  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

one  of  the  constructive  breeders  of  the  state. 
Now  at  seventy-nine  years  of  age  he  enjoys 
showing  the  results  of  his  efforts  and  telling  of 
the  bulls  that  did  the  work.  Among  these  Pride 
of  Collynie  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  imp.  Mistle- 
toe 15th,  is  given  first  place. 

Wm.  P.  Higinbotham,  Riley  County. — Mr. 
Higinbotham  was  a  banker  in  Manhattan  who 
engaged  in  raising  Shorthorns  on  a  large  tract 
of  land  northwest  of  that  city.  Beginning  in 
about  1880  with  stock  bought  locally,  at  the  Ham- 
ilton sales,  and  at  Durham  Park,  his  herd  grew 
to  be  a  large  one.  Being  a  good  advertiser,  Mr. 
Higinbotham  kept  his  work  prominently  before 
the  people  of  the  state  for  several  years.  In  1884 
he  bought  Double  Gloster,  a  red  bull  of  Mr. 
Cruickshank's  breeding.  He  believed  there  was 
something  in  a  name  and  nearly  all  the  Double 
Gloster  heifers  were  given  names  which  would 
arouse  the  interest  of  any  devotee  of  the  Cruick- 
shanks,  Duchess  of  Gloster  with  numerous  pre- 
fixes having  been  commonly  used.  The  Blue 
Valley  herd  was  quite  a  good  one  and,  had  con- 
ditions been  more  favorable,  Mr.  Higinbotham 
might  have  done  well  but  he  lived  in  a  day  when 
the  best  of  cattlemen  went  broke.  A  financial 
failure  and  a  dispersion  of  the  herd  ended  a 
bright  prospect  for  success. 

Hanna  &  Co.  -  S.  C.  Hanna,  Elk  County.— In 
1882  S.  C.  Hanna,  associated  with  his  cousin 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  79 

Geo.  S.  Hanna  of  Illinois  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hanna  &  Co.,  bought  a  lot  of  Shorthorn  cows 
from  John  D.  Gillett,  of  Elkhart,  Illinois.  Mr. 
Hanna  describes  these  as  wonderful  cattle  but 
they  took  no  pedigrees,  simply  using  them  for 
beef  producing  purposes. 

About  1886  they  bought  of  Elbert  &  Fall  of 
Albia,  Iowa,  a  lot  of  Bates  Shorthorns  and  at 
Col.  Harris'  Kansas  City  sale  the  same  year  a 
yearling  heifer  named  Spirea  was  bought  for 
$65.  At  F.  Bellows  &  Sons'  dispersion  they 
bought  Red  Queen,  Silver  Maid  and  Georgia 
by  imp.  Scotchman.  In  about  1894  at  the  Potts 
dispersion  they  secured  Lavender  of  Oakland 
4th  and  Sempstress  of  Oakland  5th,  7th  and  8th ; 
also  two  Fannie  Airdries.  These  were  the  tops 
of  the  sale.  Sempstress  5th  was  in  calf  to  imp. 
King  of  Aberdeen  and  produced  a  bull  calf  that 
under  the  name  of  Oakland  was  used  in  the  herd. 
The  Lavender  cow  was  sold  to  Col.  Casey  before 
leaving  produce  in  the  herd.  Most  of  the  Elbert 
&  Fall  cattle  were  sold  to  E.  K.  Thomas  of 
Kentucky,  a  few  years  after  their  purchase.  In 
1897  they  bought  the  show  cow,  Gay  Lady,  a 
daughter  of  Gay  Monarch.  This  wonderful  cow 
weighed  2000  pounds  when  weaning  a  calf  but 
show  ring  requirements  had  ruined  her  as  a 
breeder  and  at  eight  years  old  she  was  sent  to 
market,  a  barren  cow.  Up  to  this  time  the  pur- 
chases had  been  made  from  several  sources  bring- 


80  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

ing  in  Scotch  as  well  as  Bates  blood  and  a  blend- 
ing of  the  two. 

In  1898  the  firm  wanted  more  good  Scotch 
cows  and  found  the  demand  had  so  increased 
the  price  in  the  United  States  as  to  make  it  al- 
most prohibitive.  They  met  for  consultation  and 
ascertained  that  a  number  of  breeders  were  soon 
going  to  Scotland  for  cattle.  They  decided  to 
head  off  the  crowd  and  in  less  than  a  week  S.  C. 
Hanna  was  on  the  road  to  Liverpool  and  to  Mr, 
Duthie  's  and  Mr.  Marr 's.  He  made  purchases  of 
ten  heifers  and  several  bulls  that  have  been 
makers  of  history  for  the  entire  Southwest.  "Mr. 
Duthie  offered  me  all  his  heifer  calves  except 
seven  at  $150  each",  Mr.  Hanna  told  me,  "and 
I  failed  to  land  the  chance  of  a  lifetime".  The 
ten  females  bought,  as  well  as  the  bulls,  were  the 
choice  of  the  best  herds  in  Scotland  and  cost 
$250  a  head,  a  price  which,  viewed  from  a  later 
period,  seems  almost  incredible.  At  Dean  Willis' 
Mr.  Hanna  saw  Bap  ton  Pearl,  just  returned 
from  the  shows.  He  could  probably  have  bought 
her  for  much  less  than  the  price  for  which  she 
later  sold,  but  of  course,  he  could  not  forecast 
the  story  of  Whitehall  Sultan.  At  Mr.  Marr's 
the  two  heifers  selected  were  Princess  Royal  62d 
and  Emma  33d  and  it  took  considerable  per- 
suasion to  pry  them  loose. 

On  his  return  journey  Mr.  Hanna  met  Mr. 
Forbes  on  his  way  to  Mr.  Duthie 's,  where  he 


1.    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  81 

paid  double  the  price  Mr.  Hanna  had  been  asked 
to  pay.  The  consignment  as  finally  shipped 
from  Scotland  included  the  Hanna  purchase,  a 
lot  for  P.  W.  Harding  and  the  bull  Merry  Hamp- 
ton for  Mr.  Dustin. 


s.  c.  HANNA 


82  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

Mr.  Duthie  had  promised  Mr.  Hanna  that  lie 
would  find  a  thoroughly  competent  man  to  care 
for  the  cattle  until  landed  in  their  new  homes. 
How  well  he  kept  his  word  the  reader  will  see 
in  the  fact  that  Peter  Koss  was  the  man  he 
selected.  In  telling  of  this  incident,  Mr.  Hanna 
remarked,  "And  Peter  may  have  been  the  most 
valuable  part  of  the  importation.  I  could  have 
secured  his  services  but  allowed  Mr.  Harding  to 
outbid  me.  Of  course,  I  did  not  know  this  at  the 
time." 

The  heifers  that  reached  Palo  Duro  farm  at 
Howard  were  Koseleaf  and  Primrose  4th  by 
Scottish  Archer,  Mistletoe  15th,  Golden  Queen 
and  Lavender  Lass  from  Mr.  Duthie ;  Circe  3d 
bred  by  John  Wilson ;  Dalmena  Mina  5th  bred  by 
S.  Campbell ;  and  Lady  Spicy  bred  by  Mr.  Bruce. 
These  were  all  purchased  from  Mr.  Duthie. 
Princess  Eoyal  62d  and  Emma  33d  were  bought 
from  Mr.  Marr.  The  bulls  bought  were  Mariner 
bred  by  Mr.  Marr  and  Scottish  Pride  and  Colly- 
nie  bred  by  Mr.  Duthie.  With  the  exception  of 
Lady  Spicy  that  died  of  milk  fever  and  Lavender 
Lass  that  died  in  calving  the  heifers  all  proved 
valuable  breeders.  Emma  33d  became  the  dam  of 
Inglewood,  the  highest  priced  bull  sold  until 
recent  years  at  an  American  Royal  sale.  Mistle- 
toe 15th  produced  Captain  Archer,  Mr.  Stodder 's 
famous  sire  and  Sweet  Mistletoe,  the  dam  of  the 
$4100  Imperial  Mistletoe  and  the  1919  Inter- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  83 

national  champion,  Lespedeza  Collynie.  Prin- 
cess Royal  62d  was  the  dam  of  Prince  Royal, 
used  for  years  by  Mr.  Hanna.  Roseleaf  was  the 


IMPORTED    MISTLETOE    15th    AND    IMPORTED    PRINCESS 
ROYAL   62d 

dam  of  Rosewood,  the  excellent  sire  in  the  Brook- 
over  herd  and  later  in  Mr.  Hill's  herd.  Dalmena 
Mina  5th  was  the  dam  of  Kinnellar,  used  by  Mr. 
Hill.  Circe  3d  was  the  dam-  of  Tornson's  great 
bull,  Archer.  Primrose  4th  produced  a  lot  of 
excellent  heifers  that  developed  into  some  of  the 
best  cows  in  the  herd.  Golden  Queen  was  a  great 
producer  and  left  many  valuable  descendants. 
Mariner,  the  oldest  of  the  bulls,  was  used  by  Mr. 
Hanna  and  later  sold  to  Mr.  Hill  where  he  sired 
a  lot  of  large,  beefy  cattle.  He  was  the  sire  of 
Golden  Day  used  one  season  in  the  T.  P.  Babst 


84  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

herd  where  he  got  a  wonderful  lot  of  cows.  Scot- 
tish Pride  was  sold  in  Illinois  instead  of  being 
brought  to  Kansas. 

It  is  around  the  calf  Collynie,  the  baby  of  the 
importation,  that  the  history  of  the  Hanna  herd 
must  center;  but  before  taking  up  this  subject, 
I  shall  go  back  to  tell  of  some  deals  made  in  Kan- 
sas that  left  an  impress  on  the  herd  and  on 
southwestern  cattle,  equal  to  anything  that  came 
from  the  importation.  The  reader  will  have 
noted  that  Mr.  Hanna  bought  the  heifer  Spiraea 
at  the  Harris  sale  for  $65.  She  was  by  imp. 
Royal  Pirate  and  her  dam  was  imp.  Stephanotis, 
the  dam  of  Scarlet  Knight  and  one  of  the  best 
cows  in  the  Linwood  herd.  He  had  also  bought 
of  Col.  Harris  a  bull  named  Robin,  a  son  of  imp. 
Spartan  Hero  and  out  of  a  Bates  bred  cow.  Not- 
withstanding his  Bates  dam,  Mr.  Hanna  had  the 
courage  of  his  convictions  and  he  bred  the 
daughter  of  the  great  cow  Stephanotis  to  the  bull 
Robin.  A  white  heifer,  Lilac,  a  good  cow  and 
a  great  breeder,  was  the  result.  She  was  bred  to 
Royal  Knight,  a  son  of  Col.  Harris'  magnificent 
daughter  of  Field  Marshal,  imp.  Princess  Alice, 
and  produced  Syringia,  one  of  the  best  cows  of 
the  breed.  Royal  Knight  had  been  used  freely 
by  Mr.  Hanna  for  two  years  when  his  accidental 
death  by  drowning  occurred,  and  had  left  many 
good  females,  so  that  in  the  early  nineties 
the  herd  comprised  the  imported  cows  and 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  85 

an  equally  valuable  lot  of  cows  bred  on  the 
farm. 

Collynie  really  began  his  life's  work  in  the 
Tebo  Lawn  herd,  Mr.  Hanna  having  leased  him 
to  Col.  Casey  for  $1000  for  twelve  months  use. 
After  his  return  to  Palo  Duro,  he  was  used  to 
the  limit,  siring  a  class  of  cattle  that  as  feeders 
had  few  equals.  A  little  plainness,  especially  in 
the  hind  quarters  was  frequently  observed,  but 
the  Collynie  cows  were  great  breeders  and  suck- 
lers  and  the  bulls,  as  a  whole,  were  great  sires. 
The  improvement  made  through  the  Collynie 
blood  and  the  good  cows  in  the  herd,  extended 
from  the  Missouri  river  to  the  Gulf.  The 
occasional  adverse  criticism  on  account  of  the 
plainness  mentioned  could  not  disprove  the  fact 
that  these  cattle  made  more  pounds  of  high 
priced  beef  from  the  coarse  feeds  of  tfre  farm 
than  almost  any  other  Shorthorns  in  the  terri- 
tory. 

Besides  Collynie,  there  was  used  the  excellent 
young  bull  Inglewood,  a  son  of  imp.  Emma  33d. 
He  was  the  sire  of  Inglemaid,  the  dam  of  Mr. 
HilPs  Ingle  Lad.  When  Mr.  Hanna  was  at  Mr. 
Duthie's  he  was  greatly  impressed  with  Cowslip 
26th,  a  cow  of  mixed  English  breeding.  She  had 
been  the  leading  show  cow  in  Great  Britain  and 
Mr.  Duthie  had  bought  her  with  a  view  of  getting 
a  bull  to  use  on  his  Cruickshank  cattle.  He 
promised  Mr.  Hanna  a  bull  from  her  as  soon  as 


86  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

he  could  spare  one  and  following  this  arrange- 
ment, Lord  Cowslip  by  the  show  bull,  Lord  of 
Fame,  came  to  the  farm.  His  disposition  was 
not  the  best  and  his  calves  may  have  been  scarcely 
up  to  the  desired  standard,  but  he  was  freely 
used  and  the  fresh  blood  infused  became  very 
valuable.  His  daughters  bred  to  Collynie 
as  well  as  to  Hampton  Spray  produced  splen- 
didly. 

A  most  fortunate  purchase  made  as  a  successor 
to  Collynie  was  the  white  Dustin  bred  bull  Ham- 
pton Spray,  a  strongly  line  bred  Merry  Hamp- 
ton. He  was  bought  as  a  calf  from  1ST.  H.  Gentry 
and  was  the  subject  of  much  criticism  by  men 
who  thought  they  knew ;  but  he  matured  into  a 
great  individual  and  as  a  breeder,  especially  a 
getter  of  heifers,  it  is  doubtful  if  he  had  a 
superior  in  the  state. 

Toward  the  end  of  1915  Mr.  Hanna,  who  was 
not  very  rugged,  felt  it  would  be  best  to  close  up 
his  business.  He  decided  to  sell  the  herd  and  here 
is  the  story  as  he  told  it.  "Col.  Supies  of  Tulsa 
and  W.  S.  Fears  of  Broken  Arrow  came  over 
and  I  sold  them  a  few  head.  Then  John  Kramer, 
representing  Mr.  Gillispie,  came,  and  having  no 
children  to  whom  to  leave  things  and  not  wanting 
Mrs.  Hanna  to  be  burdened  in  case  of  my  death,  I 
sold  the  rest  of  the  cattle  to  him  in  less  than 
thirty  minutes.  He  took  the  whole  lot  at  my  own 
price,  which  was  not  half  their  value,  but  I  did 


88  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

not  know  it  at  the  time.  When  I  sold  them,  they 
were  the  greatest  herd  I  ever  saw. " 

This  is  the  story  of  a  great  herd  of  Shorthorn 
cattle,  told  without  any  attempt  to  boast.  The 
monument  of  their  greatness  is  found  all  over  the 
country.  I  cannot  finish  the  story  without  telling 
something  of  the  owner.  Mr.  Hanna  was  born  in 
Attica,  Indiana  in  1850.  When  31  years  old  he- 
came  to  Kansas  and  the  story  of  his  herd  is  the 
story  of  his  life  until  four  years  ago.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hanna  were  childless,  but  they  raised  two 
children,  who  after  being  grown  and  educated, 
died.  Mrs.  Hanna  passed  away  two  years  ago 
and  Mr.  Hanna  is  living  in  his  old  home  in  How- 
ard. Recently  two  nieces,  his  nearest  relatives, 
came  to  make  their  home  with  him.  When  I 
visited  him  he  was  happy  in  anticipating  their 
arrival.  No  man  ever  identified  with  Shorthorn 
interests  in  Kansas  is  more  highly  respected  than 
is  Mr.  Hanna.  Modest,  unassuming,  and  thor- 
oughly honest,  he  has  a  knowledge  of  affairs  in 
general  and  especially  of  Shorthorn  affairs  that 
has  given  him  a  keen  insight  and  unusual  judg- 
ment which  he  has  used  not  only  to  his  own  ad- 
vantage, but  also  for  the  benefit  of  the  entire 
country. 

T.  K.  Tomson  &  Sons,  Shawnee  County. — It 
was  at  a  farm  sale  near  Dover,  in  the  fall  of  1886 
that  T.  K.  Tomson,  father  of  Tomson  Bros.,  made 
the  first  investment  in  a  registered  Shorthorn 


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89 


female.  The  sale  included  a  rather  large  offer- 
ing of  grade  Shorthorns  and  one  registered  cow, 
Betsy,  a  descendant  of  imp.  Young  Mary.  Mr. 
Tomson  made  the  high  bid,  $80,  on  her  and  later 
in  the  sale  purchased  her  yearling  bull,  Wabaun- 
see,  for  $100.  Betsy  was  in  calf  and  the  following 


T.  K.  TOMSON 
A  man  who  builded  better  than  he  knew. 


90  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

spring  dropped  a  level,  deep-bodied,  red  heifer 
which  was  named  Betsy  Dailey,  Dailey  being  the 
name  of  the  former  owner  of  Betsy. 

It  was  the  attractive  outline  and  the  thrift- 
iness  of  this  heifer  calf,  Betsy  Dailey,  that  made 
such  an  impression  on  the  Tomson  boys  that  they 
urged  their  father  to  acquire  a  few  more  regis- 
tered females.  This  was  done  to  a  limited  extent 
and  by  the  summer  of  1888  there  was  a  herd  of 
a  dozen  females  of  miscellaneous  breeding  on  the 
farm.  Another  bull  was  obtained  at  a  mortgage 
sale  in  which  a  bank  was  winding  up  the  affairs 
of  some  unfortunate.  The  bull,  Phyllis  Duke, 
was  included  in  the  offering  and  sold  in  this 
forced  sale  for  the  fabulous  price  of  $25 
less  five  per  cent  discount,  net  $23.75. 

Gradually  the  pure  bred  cattle  increased  and 
the  herd  was  kept  to  the  desired  number  by  dis- 
posing of  the  surplus  grades,  a  very  simple  plan 
in  the  building  of  a  valuable  herd  at  a  small  out- 
lay. In  the  early  nineties  an  incident  occurred 
that  proved  of  great  value  to  the  Tomson  breed- 
ing operations.  The  well  known  breeder  of  that 
time,  T.  P.  Babst,  also  of  Dover,  maintained  a 
large  herd  and  had  in  use  the  imported  bull,  This- 
tle Top,  selected  originally  by  Amos  Cruick- 
shank,  his  breeder,  for  Colonel  W.  A.  Harris 
for  use  in  the  celebrated  Linwood  herd,  where  he 
was  kept  in  service  for  two  or  three  years.  He 
was  then  acquired  by  Mr.  Babst  and  as  his  heifers 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  91 

accumulated  in  the  herd  he  exchanged  him  with 
the  Thompsons  of  Amity,  Missouri  for  Scottish 
Chief,  also  an  aged  bull  and  sire  of  many  worthy 
animals,  among  them  the  great  breeding  cow, 
Rosedale  Violet  9th.  It  happened  as  is  often  the 
case  that  neither  bull  proved  sure  during  the 
few  months  following  their  change  of  location 
and  the  owners  decided  to  change  back  again. 
Upon  a  query  from  the  Tomsons  as  to  what  Mr. 
Babst  intended  to  do  with  Thistle  Top  they  were 
advised  that  they  could  have  him  at  a  very  nom- 
inal cost.  He  was  then  eight  years  old  and  there, 
of  course,  existed  some  uncertainty  as  to  his  use- 
fulness. He  was  purchased  and  for  four  years 
proved  a  sure  breeder. 

Thistle  Top  was  a  red  possessing  more  than 
usual  scale,  weighing  approximately  2400 
pounds  with  great  depth  and  unusual  flesh  cover- 
ing. He  was  a  wonderful  feeder.  His  form  was 
compact,  his  quarters  well  rounded  and  he  had 
a  thick  coat  of  curly  hair,  characteristics  which 
he  transmitted  generally  to  his  get.  He  was  one  of 
the  most  richly  bred  of  Cruickshank's  pro- 
ductions. His  daughters  were  given  preference 
in  the  Tomson  herd  and  soon  it  was  largely  com- 
posed of  growthy,  thick-meated,  roomy  cows  by 
him. 

From  the  time  the  first  bull  calves  were 
offered  for  sale  there  was  a  gradual  increase  in 
the  values  but  at  best  they  held  to  a  low  level  for 


92  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  worth  of  a  pure  bred  bull  as  compared  with 
a  grade  was  not  generally  understood  at  that 
time  by  farmers  and  cattle  growers.    Naturally 
the  neighboring  farmers  contended  there  was 
little  value  to  the  pure  bred  feature  and  that 
those  engaged  in  fancy  stock  breeding  were  very 
apt  to  lose  out  financially.    One  of  these  neigh- 
bors   who    was    something    of    a    steer    feeder 
happened  along  one  evening  as  the  Tomsons  were 
loading  a  ten-month  bull  calf  into  the  wagon  of  a 
man  who  had  driven  over  from  another  neighbor- 
hood.   After  the  calf  was  safely  loaded  the  man 
wrote  a  check  for  the  amount  agreed  upon  and 
drove  away.  When  he  had  departed  the  neighbor 
said,  "I'm  curious  to  know  what  you  got  for 
that  calf."  The  check  which  called  for  $45  was 
handed  him.    He  read  the  amount  and  returning 
it  said,  "By  George,  it  does  beat  the  steer  busi- 
ness, don't  it."    The  amount,  small  as  it  seems 
now,  looked  large  at  the  time.     Still  the  prices 
kept  advancing  and  in  the  course  of  a  few  months 
thereafter  the  Thistle  Top  calves  were  leaving 
the  farm  at  prices  ranging  from  $75  to  $125  each. 
When  another  bull  was  needed  the  elder  Tom- 
son  and  the  youngest  son,  James,  then  a  boy, 
visited  the  Linwood  farm  in  quest  of  the  desired 
herd-header.    Leaving  the  train  they  walked  to 
the  farm  which  was  near  the  station  and  when 
within  one  or  two  hundred  yards  of  the  buildings, 
several  calves  came  playfully  around  the  corner 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


93 


of  the  barn.  James  immediately  pointed  to  a 
very  compact,  short-legged,  red  calf  remarking, 
" There's  the  one  we  want."  His  father  replied, 


GALLANT   KNIGHT 

"He  looks  like  a  good  one  but  we  won't  do  any 
picking  until  we  have  looked  them  all  over  care- 
fully. ' '  James  said, ' '  That  may  be  but  that 's  the 
calf  we  want."  And  later  this  calf  was  pur- 
chased. This  was  Gallant  Knight,  one  of  the  best 
productions  of  the  Linwood  herd  during  its  long 
years  of  existence.  He  was  of  the  famous  Gold- 
endrop  strain  regarded  as  the  most  valuable  of  all 
the  worthy  tribes  that  composed  that  noted  herd. 


94  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Gallant  Knight  combined  the  blood  of  imp.  Bar- 
on Victor,  chief  of  all  the  sires  ever  used  at  Lin- 
wood,  and  Craven  Knight,  rated  as  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  of  all  the  Cruickshank  bulls  im- 
ported to  this  country.  Gallant  Knight  attained 
a  weight  somewhat  in  excess  of  2200  pounds.  He 
was  a  marvel  for  compactness  and  smoothness 
of  form.  Barely  has  a  bull  been  seen  with  such 
wonderful  quarters  and  such  impressive,  clean- 
cut  masculinity  about  the  head  and  horn.  For 
nearly  thirteen  years  he  did  service  in  the  Tom- 
son  herd  and  for  a  dozen  years  his  sons  and 
daughters,  the  latter  particularly,  were  prom- 
inent winners  in  the  middle  western  fairs  and 
shows.  The  characteristics  which  always  attract- 
ed attention  were  their  uniformity  of  type, 
smoothness  and  compactness  of  form,  depth,  and 
fleshing  quality. 

The  first  time  that  Gallant  Knight  appeared 
in  a  show  ring  was  at  the  American  Royal  at 
Kansas  City.  He  was  then  a  three-year-old.  The 
judge  was  the  late  W.  S.  Van  Natta  of  Indiana, 
famed  as  a  Hereford  breeder.  He  placed  Gal- 
lant Knight  second  in  class,  awarding  the  first 
to  Lavender  Viscount  that  at  the  time  was  carry- 
ing a  heavier  flesh  covering.  When  the  ratings 
were  made  and  the  animals  left  the  ring  Mr.  Van 
Natta  followed  Gallant  Knight  to  his  stall,  the 
cattle  at  that  time  being  quartered  on  the  second 
floor  of  a  building  nearly  a  block  away.  Arriv- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  95 

ing  at  the  stall  he  said,  "Boys,  I  don't  know  who 
you  are  but  I've  come  to  urge  you  never  to  sell 
this  bull.  I  placed  him  second  here  only  because 
the  other  bull  which  won  first  is  now  in  better 
show  form  but  this  in  my  judgment  is  certain  to 
be  a  great  sire,  so  I  urge  you  not  to  sell  him." 
This  manifest  interest  on  the  part  of  so  exper- 
ienced a  breeder  proved  a  decided  encourage- 
ment and  confirmed  the  judgment  of  the 
owners. 

The  story  of  the  Tomson  herd  after  Gallant 
Knight  had  made  it  well  known  in  the  West, 
will  be  given  in  Part  II. 

T.  P.  Babst  &  Sons,  Wabaunsee  County. — Just 
across  the  line  from  Shawnee  county,  a  few  miles 
southwest  of  T.  K.  Tomson 's  was  kept  for  years 
a  Shorthorn  herd  that  grew  up  with  the  country, 
improving  and  developing,  until  it  became  one 
of  the  best  in  Kansas.  There  was  nothing  sen- 
sational about  its  growth.  Plain  common  sense, 
combined  with  plenty  of  energy  on  the  part  of 
the  family  in  properly  caring  for  the  cattle,  was 
the  whole  secret  of  success. 

The  original  cattle  came  from  local  breeders 
but  later  some  first  class  additions  were  made  to 
the  herd.  On  a  day  memorable  in  the  history  of 
the  herd,  Lord  Mayor,  a  red  two-year-old  bull 
that  had  been  used  by  Col.  Harris,  wras  bought. 
Three  hundred  dollars,  the  price  paid,  must  have 
seemed  exceedingly  high.  It  was  at  about  this 


96  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

time  that  I  remember  having  lain  awake  nearly 
all  of  one  night  wondering  how  I  could  manage  to 
get  more  than  one  cent  a  pound  for  an  elegant 
1000  pound  grass  fat  heifer.  It  was  a  time  that 
tried  cattle  men's  nerve  if  not  their  souls.  Short- 
horn breeders  shared  in  the  general  stress  and  the 
$300  paid  by  Mr.  Babst  for  what  would  now  be  a 
$15000  bull  may  have  made  him  feel  guilty  of 
reckless  extravagance. 

Lord  Mayor  was  a  success  and  he  made  the 
Babst  herd  as  a  really  good  bull  will  always 
make  a  herd  if  given  a  chance.  For  years  the 
Lord  Mayor  cows  were  among  the  best  individ- 
uals and  the  best  breeders  of  all  cows  in  the  West. 
One  of  them,  Emily  by  name,  was  held  in  the 
highest  estimation  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College  for  the  prize  winning  steers  she 
produced. 

After  Lord  Mayor  had  demonstrated  his  value, 
females  worthy  of  a  place  in  any  herd  were  added 
and  many  of  the  best  cattle  in  the  state  are 
descended  from  stock  bred  at  Valley  Grove,  for 
that  was  the  name  of  the  farm  and  the  herd.  One 
of  the  notable  purchases  of  cows  was  that  of 
three  full  sisters,  Forest  Daisy,  Forest  Daisy 
2d  and  Forest  Daisy  3d,  all  bred  by  B.  O.  Cowraii 
and  sired  by  his  excellent  bull  Norfolk,  out  of  a 
granddaughter  of  imp.  Severn  Daisy.  Two  of 
these  cows  were  later  sold  to  T.  K.  Tomson  & 
Sons  and  Forest  Daisy  2d  bred  to  Barmpton 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  97 

Knight,  produced  the  sensational  New  Year's 
Delight. 

In  about  1909  the  Babst  herd  was  sold  to 
Tomson  &  Sons  who  kept  the  choicest  of  the  cat- 


T.  P.  BABST 

tie.  Mr.  T.  P.  Babst  moved  to  Topeka  and  early 
in  1920  he  passed  out  of  life,  a  shining  example 
of  success  in  Shorthorn  production.  The  sons 
are  again  engaged  in  producing  reds,  whites  and 
roans  on  the  same  farm  made  famous  by  old 
Lord  Mayor,  one  of  the  breed's  great  bulls. 

D.  K.  Kellerman  &  Son,  Linn  County. — This 
herd  was  established  in  Ohio  in  1876  by  the  pur- 
chase of  four  heifers  of  the  then  popular  Rose  of 
Sharon  and  Matilda  families.  In  1884  the  junior 


98  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

partner,  Geo.  F.  Kellerman,  located  near 
Humboldt,  bringing  a  few  females  and  a  bull 
with  him  and  in  1888  a  farm  was  purchased  near 
Mound  City  to  which  the  cattle  on  hand  and  a 
car  load  of  the  best  from  the  Ohio  farm  were  sent. 
Along  with  the  cows  came  a  Renick  Rose  of 
Sharon  bull,  the  family  at  that  time  not  having 
recognized  the  great  value  of  the  Scotch  cross. 

Shortly  after  this  a  Scotch  crossed  bull  was 
bought  of  Col.  Harris  and  he  was  followed  by  the 
bull  that  made  the  herd.  Armour  Bearer  by  F. 
Bellows  &  Sons'  Valley  Champion,  taken  reluc- 
tantly because  he  wras  a  roan  instead  of  the  fash- 
ionable red,  got  calves  from  these  Ohio  bred  cows 
that  were  in  all  respects  equal  to  the  best  Scotch 
cattle  of  the  day  and  the  show  yard  record  made 
by  this  roan  bull's  calves  at  the  leading  fairs, 
including  the  American  Royal,  was  not  only  an 
enviable  one  but  it  was  a  tribute  to  the  influence 
of  a  good  bull  when  crossed  with  practically  un- 
related cows.  Armour  Bearer  lived  only  eighteen 
months  but  during  this  period  he  had  worked  a 
great  change  in  the  red  herd.  His  calves  were 
nearly  all  roans  and,  while  considered  less  val- 
pable  on  this  account,  they  sold  at  good  prices  on 
their  merits. 

The  first  Cruickshank  cow,  14th  Linwood  Lav- 
ender by  Baron  Lavender  2d,  was  bought  at  Col. 
Harris'  dispersion  sale  in  1896  and  she  produced 
Lavender  Dorrit,  a  bull  later  used  with  success 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 


99 


in  the  herd.  After  the  loss  of  Armour  Bearer 
Lavender  King  4th  by  imp.  King  of  Aberdeen 
was  bought  of  J.  H.  Potts  &  Son.  As  a  calf  he 
had  been  at  the  head  of  the  Potts  young  herd  at 


G.  F.  KELLERMAN 
Mound  City 


R.  H.  LISTER 
Ottawa 


the  World's  Pair  and  was  rated  one  among  the 
best  prospects  of  his  day.  While  he  developed 
into  an  excellent  bull  and  did  very  satisfactory 
service  in  the  herd,  his  calves  were  not  the  equals 
of  those  sired  by  Armour  Bearer,  a  fact  which, 
however,  was  not  to  his  discredit,  the  former 
having  probably  been  one  of  the  greatest  sires  of 
his  day  in  America.  Lavender  King  4th  was 
followed  by  Orange  Lad,  an  American  Royal 
prize  winner. 

The  produce  of  this  herd  was  well  received  by 


100  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  buying  public,  a  yearling  heifer  having  sold 
at  the  Eoyal  sale  for  $400  in  1901.  The  herd  was 
dispersed  in  1903,  leading  breeders  in  Kansas 
and  Missouri  having  been  among  the  purchasers. 
The  famous  Scotch  Josephines  shown  by  C.  S. 
Nevius  were  out  of  Kellerman  bred  cows.  Des- 
cendants of  cows  bred  by  D.  K.  Kellerman  &  Son 
may  be  found  in  numerous  herds  in  Kansas,  Mis- 
souri and  Oklahoma. 

C.  F.  Wolf  &  Son,  Franklin  County.— This 
firm  was  very  prominent  in  Shorthorn  circles 
from  1895  to  1910.  The  first  Shorthorn  cow  was 
bought  in  1885  and  a  year  later  twenty-eight  head 
were  added  to  the  herd.  In  1894  the  Wolfs  de- 
cided to  devote  their  entire  attention  to  Short- 
horns. They  secured  a  car  load  of  Ohio  bred  cows 
from  D.  K.  Kellerman  &  Son  of  Linn  county  and 
a  little  later  they  bought  several  Scotch  cows  in- 
cluding imp.  Constance  and  imp.  Pavonia,  the 
latter  proving  a  very  valuable  producer. 

The  real  effort  for  production  dates  from  1894 
after  which  time  only  good  bulls  were  used.  Glen- 
don,  later  sold  to  H.  C.  Duncan;  Scotland's 
Charm  by  imp.  Lavender  Lad ;  imp.  Prince  Love- 
ly, personally  selected  from  Mr.  DutmVs  herd  by 
the  junior  member  in  1900 ;  Tillycairn  by  imp. 
Collynie;  Eoyal  Wanderer,  a  son  of  imp.  Pav- 
onia and  Blythe  Conqueror  by  imp.  Conqueror 
were  the  principal  bulls  in  service.  Unfortunate- 
ly Prince  Lovely  did  not  live  long  but  the  few 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  101 

calves  he  got  proved  the  wisdom  of  his  selection. 
Scotland's  Charm  was  perhaps  the  most  popular 
of  the  bulls  and,  though  not  a  show  bull,  he  was 
an  excellent  sire. 

The  firm  did  a  big  business  not  only  in  cattle 
of  their  breeding  but  they  bought  from  small 
breeders  and  sold  to  them  and  during  the  entire 
active  period  of  their  work  they  ranked  with 
the  leading  breeders  of  the  state.  The  herd  was 
dispersed  in  1910,  the  last  sale  having  been  that 
of  forty  females  to  H.  C.  Lookabaugh,  and  a 
number  of  these  became  foundation  stock  for  the 
Oklahoma  herd. 

Williams  Bros.,  Greenwood  County. — Will- 
iams Bros,  were  breeders  in  Illinois  and  in  about 
1886  they  moved  a  herd  of  twenty  cows  to  a  farm 
six  miles  south  of  Eureka.  They  bought  of  Col. 
Harris  the  extraordinary  twelve-month-old  show 
bull,  Dr.  Primrose,  and  at  once  began  a  success- 
ful show  yard  career.  In  about  1888  they  com- 
bined show  herds  with  M.  A.  Householder  of  Col- 
umbus, and  as  Williams  &  Householder  they  ex- 
hibited at  the  large  fairs  of  the  United  States, 
Dr.  Primrose  being  the  leading  winner.  In  1891 
Dr.  Primrose  was  sold  and  in  1892  the  entire 
herd  was  sold  to  C.  V.  and  J.  P.  Lodge  of  Mont- 
icello,  Illinois,  E.  M.  Williams  retaining  an 
interest  in  the  partnership.  In  1892  Lodge  Bros. 
became  convinced  that  tuberculosis  prevailed  in 
the  herd  and  the  cattle  were  shipped  to  market. 


102  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

After  Williams  Bros,  had  disposed  of  the  herd, 
J.  F.  Williams  went  to  the  Fort  Worth  stock- 
yards and  in  1895  E.  M.  Williams  entered  the 
employ  of  Col.  Casey,  being  in  charge  of  the  Tebo 
Lawn  show  herd  until  his  death  in  1898  or  1899. 

Mr.  Householder  for  at  least  one  season  owned 
imp.  Cupbearer,  the  grand  champion  bull  of 
America.  Details  as  to  the  connection  of  Will- 
iams Bros,  with  the  exhibition  of  this  bull  are 
meager.  Householder,  himself,  bred  little  stock 
that  ever  found  its  way  to  record. 

Henry  Stunkel,  Sumner  County. — Mr.  Stun- 
kel's  first  Shorthorns  were  purchased  from  Nov- 
inger  &  Cain  of  Missouri  in  1890.  The  lot  con- 
sisted of  fifteen  head  of  nicely  bred  cows  with 
some  infusion  of  Scotch  blood.  Two  cows  were 
secured  soon  afterward  from  Joseph  and  H.  C. 
Duncan.  What  was  probably  for  some  years  the 
largest  herd  in  Kansas  was  built  up  from  these 
seventeen  cows. 

Mr.  Stunkel's  methods  were  to  buy  the  best 
bulls  he  could  get,  to  raise  the  heifers  cheaply, 
and  to  keep  them,  and  to  feed  the  young  bulls 
heavily  and  sell  them  at  profitable  prices.  The 
result  was  having  a  cow  herd  not  so  attractive 
as  their  breeding  would  warrant  and  as  one 
would  naturally  expect  to  see ;  but  the  use  of  high 
class  bulls  made  them  good  producers.  This 
system  was  kept  up  for  fifteen  years  and  Mr. 
Stunkel  at  his  death  was  a  wealthy  man  with 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  103 

large  land  holdings  near  his  home  and  else- 
where. 

The  leading  bulls  in  use  were  Victor  Orange 
and  Star  Goods,  in  fact  the  herd  was  founded 
during  almost  its  entire  existence  on  these  two 
bulls.  Victor  Orange  was  an  unusual  breeding 
bull,  and  had  he  been  given  a  chance  to  show  well 
developed  daughters  he  would  have  taken  rank  as 
one  of  the  best  bulls  used  in  Kansas  for  years. 
It  is  only  now  since  his  daughters  are  scattered 
in  many  herds  that  he  is  being  appreciated.  Mr. 
Hill,  in  his  private  herd  catalog,  devotes  a  full 
page  to  Victor  Orange.  He  was  by  the  Bates 
crossed  Scotch  Victor  Butterfly  out  of  a  dam 
by  Scarlet  Knight.  Star  Goods  was  a  full 
brother  to  Bellows  Bros.'  champion,  Diamond 
Goods,  and  was  used  on  the  Victor  Orange  cows. 
Most  breeders  rated  him  hardly  so  good  a  sire 
as  Victor  Orange. 

Mr.  Stunkel  was  taken  sick  at  the  Denver 
Show  and  died  shortly  after  reaching  home  in 
March  1916.  The  entire  herd  of  about  250  head, 
including  calves  at  foot,  was  sold  in  August  at 
administrator 's  sale.  The  cattle  were  in  poor 
condition  and  brought  an  average  of  about  $150. 

D.  P.  Norton,  Morris  County.— D.  P.  Norton 
was  an  enthusiast  with  a  hobby  that  may  not  have 
been  devoid  of  common  sense.  His  hobby  was 
opposition  to  Bates  cattle  and  methods  and  a 
fixed  determination  to  use  bulls  of  Booth  blood 


104  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

or  at  least  as  nearly  without  Bates  blood  as  pos- 
sible. He  had  a  large  herd  southeast  of  Council 
Grove  near  Dunlap  and  he  sold  cattle  at  fair 
prices  all  over  his  section  of  Kansas.  Taken  as 
a  whole  his  cattle  were  good  ones  and  I  find 
frequent  instances  of  good  herds  descended  from 
Norton  bred  cows.  Mr.  Norton  was  an  effective 
advertiser  and  was  one  of  the  first  to  recognize 
the  value  of  the  magic  term  "  imported. "  Follow- 
ing his  custom  of  buying  bulls  in  Canada,  Mr. 
Norton  bought  British  Lion.  He  went  out  to  the 
world  as  imp.  British  Lion.  Technically  this 
title  may  have  been  correct  yet  its  use  violated 
the  Shorthorn  custom.  The  Norton  herd  weath- 
ered the  worst  of  the  hard  times  but  ceased  to 
exist  a  number  of  years  ago. 

J.  B.  McAfee,  Shawnee  County. — Although 
quite  a  preacher  and  considerable  of  a  politician, 
Mr.  McAfee  was  also  a  good  breeder  of  Short- 
horns. He  did  not  give  his  herd  the  publicity 
some  breeders  gave  their  cattle,  yet  it  is  con- 
ceded that  he  produced  a  class  of  big,  smooth, 
beefy  Shorthorns.  Some  of  the  best  things  in 
T.  P.  Babst's  herd  were  bred  from  McAfee  cows 
and  one  of  the  cows  so  bred  went  to  the  Kansas 
State  Agricultural  College  where  she  produced 
several  outstanding  show  steers.  H.  W.  McAfee, 
a  son,  bred  Shorthorns  on  the  farm  a  number  of 
years  after  his  father  retired  from  the  business. 
The  location  of  the  farm  made  a  change  in  busi- 


A    HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  105 

ness  advantageous  and  a  dairy  herd  is  now  sup- 
plying milk  from  the  old  establishment.  There 
is  still  a  Shorthorn  breeder,  and  a  good  one,  in 
the  family,  Harry  T.  Forbes,  a  grandson. 

C.  W.  Taylor,  Dickinson  County.— John  Tay- 
lor, father  of  C.  W.  Taylor,  was  a  Cincinnati 
merchant.    He  traveled  horseback  over  Kansas 
in  1872  and  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Dick- 
inson county.    He  made  up  his  mind  that  any 
dry  land  on  which  prairie  grass  would  grow  as 
high  as  his  head  when  he  was  seated  on  a  horse 
would  grow  anything  and  he  let  that  be  the  test. 

Mr.  Taylor  gave  each  of  his  children  a  section 
of  the  land  with  the  injunction  to  hustle  for  a 
living.  Besides  the  land  C.  W.  Taylor  received 
eight  Shorthorn  cows  purchased  from  the  Lin- 
wood  herd  and  the  bull  Vandal  used  by  Col. 
Harris.  From  this  start  the  Taylor  herd  grew 
until  it  became  one  of  the  largest  in  Kansas, 
frequently  numbering  300  head  and  its  own- 
er became  comparatively  wealthy.  The  herd 
received  good  farm  care,  no  effort  being 
made  to  produce  the  outstanding.  Good  bulls 
were  bought  and  a  heavy  western  and  local 
trade  followed. 

D.  L.  Dawdy  &  Co.,  Atchison  County. — A  firm 
consisting  of  D.  L.  Dawdy,  J.  W.  Dawdy,  and 
Walter  Lattimer,  all  of  Abbingdon,  Illinois, 
bought  the  Shannon  Hill  Farm  and  Shorthorns 
of  Governor  Glick,  November  1,  1891.     D.  L. 


106  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Dawdy  and  Walter  Lattimer  came  to  Kansas 
and  took  charge.  There  were  about  ninety  head 
of  Bates  cattle  on  the  farm,  headed  by  53d  Duke 
of  Airdrie,  which  were  sold  at  public  sale  in 
Kansas  City  the  next  spring  at  an  average  of 
more  than  $200  with  a  top  price  of  $800.  They 
bought  and  sold  a  number  of  herds,  using  the 
Glick  farm  as  a  base  for  operations  until  1901 
when  they  removed  to  Arlington  in  Atchison 
county.  Walter  Lattimer  died  in  1902  and  after 
his  death  D.  L.  Dawdy  handled  the  business 
individually. 

H.  M.  Hill,  Montgomery  County. — It  was  not 
intended  by  Mr.  Hill's  parents  that  he  should 
develop  into  a  Shorthorn  breeder.  Some  of  his 
boyhood  friends  have  told  me  of  his  early  edu- 
cation and  training  for  the  legal  profession  and 
that  the  influence  of  an  old  Frenchman  who  kept 
some  good  grade  Shorthorns  weighed  more  heav- 
ily than  did  the  ambitions  of  fond  parents.  How- 
ever that  may  be,  the  young  man,  after  having 
been  a  short  time  in  charge  of  the  family  bank- 
ing interests  at  Laf  ontaine,  transferred  his  scene 
of  action  to  a  big  tract  of  land,  now  known  as 
Sycamore  Springs-  Stock  Farm,  and  in  1893  he 
bought  a  lot  of  Shorthorns  from  T.  O.  Ford  of 
Liberty.  In  the  same  year  he  bought  eight  heif- 
ers of  Senator  Benedict.  They  were  by  the  Wil- 
liams Bros.'  show  bull,  Dr.  Primrose  and  by 
Banker  4th,  Mr.  Benedict's  well  known  sire. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  107 

Scottish  Emperor,  a  splendid  Cruickshank 
bull,  was  the  sire  in  use.    In  1900  Mr.  Hill  joined 
with  C.  E.  Wolf  &  Son,  B.  W.  Gowdy,  and  J.  P. 
Stodder  in  a  public  sale  at  Kansas  City.    Just 


ME.  AND  MRS.  H.  M.  HILL 

prior  to  this  time  he  had  purchased  from  Hanna 
&  Co.  a  few  females,  some  of  which  were  bred  to 
imp.  Mariner.  Later  he  purchased  imp.  Mariner 
as  well  as  Kinnellar,  a  son  of  imp.  Dalmena  Mina 
5th.  During  a  period  of  about  ten  years  he  used 
Mr.  Hanna 's  importation  more  largely  than -did 
anyone  else,  breeding  cows  annually  to  imp. 
Collynie  and  making  numerous  purchases  of 
Collynie  cows.  Some  of  the  best  Shorthorns  in 
Kansas  found  their  way  into  Mr.  Hill's  pasture. 


108  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Among  them  were  Syringia  by  Royal  Knight  and 
her  great  son,  Prince  of  Collynie ;  Inglemaid  by 
imp.  Inglewood  the  dam  of  Ingle  Lad;  Sweet 
Mistletoe  and  Sycamore  Secret  by  Collynie. 
Sweet  Mistletoe  was  later  sold  to  Lespedeza 
where  she  gave  birth  to  Imperial  Mistletoe  and 
Lespedeza  Collynie.  Imperial  Mistletoe  was  a 
leading  show  bull  at  two  years  old  and  sold  for 
$4100  and  Lespedeza  Collynie  was  grand  cham- 
pion at  the  International  in  1919.  I  saw  Syca- 
more Secret  as  a  three-year-old  heifer  suckling  a 
600  pound  calf  and  weighing  1700  pounds  on 
grass  alone,  in  August. 

Two  pastures  full  of  such  cows  with  Prince  of 
Collynie  in  one  and  Ingle  Lad  in  the  other,  wad- 
ing in  limestone  blue  stem  nearly  knee-deep — this 
is  what  I  saw  on  my  first  visit  to  Mr.  Hill's  and  I 
wondered  how  many  western  breeders  could  dup- 
licate such  a  scene.  It  was  on  the  same  occasion 
some  twelve  years  ago  that  for  two  days  I  was 
the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill.  I  want  to  add 
my  testimony  to  that  of  the  hundreds  of  visitors 
who  have  enjoyed  Mrs.  Hill's  charming  hospital- 
ity— generally  credited  with  having  been  a  great 
factor  in  the  success  of  the  business. 

Both  Prince  of  Collynie  and  Ingle  Lad  were 
freely  used  for  a  number  of  years  and  sired  a  lot 
of  calves.  Like  other  breeders,  Mr.  Hill  failed  to 
realize  in  advance  the  real  value  of  the  heifers. 
The  few  Ingle  Lad  cows  now  on  the  farm  are 


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109 


great  breeders  and  heavy  milkers,  while  the  only 
Prince  of  Collynie  cow  on  the  place  is  a  veritable 
gold  mine,  figuratively  speaking.  Had  Mr.  Hill 
been  able  to  foresee  the  future  and  save  a  lot  of 


KOAN  OLGA 

the  Prince  of  Collynie  heifers  rather  than  to 
send  the  bull  to  market  while  still  useful,  he  could 
have  scored  one  of  the  greatest  hits  in  Shorthorn 
history.  About  five  years  ago  Mr.  Hill  bought 
of  Forbes  &  Son,  Master  of  the  Dales  by  Avon- 
dale  and  the  work  of  breeding  Shorthorns  has 
gone  steadily  forward,  a  fact  which  will  be  ap- 
parent to  the  reader  of  Part  II  of  this  book. 

J.  F.  Stodder,  Cowley  County.— Mr.  Stodder 
was  one  of  the  prominent  breeders  of  southeast- 
ern Kansas.  He  was  a  good  business  man  and  it 
seemed  every  investment  he  made  yielded  a 


110  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

profit.  He  began  his  work  by  buying  well  bred 
stock  from  good  herds  but  he  was  not  a  buyer  of 
high  priced  females.  Many  of  his  cattle  were  pur- 
chased at  a  level  of  values  that  today  would 
seem  impossible.  His  first  bull,  Aylesbury  Duke, 
was  widely  advertised.  It  was  in  the  purchase 
of  Captain  Archer,  however,  that  he  made  the 
hit  so  much  desired  by  breeders. 

This  red  dehorned  son  of  imp.  Collynie  and 
imp.  Mistletoe  15th,  sired  from  the  Scotch 
crossed  Bates  cows  a  class  of  stock  that,  as  a 
whole,  discounted  the  produce  from  the  Scotch 
cows  in  the  herd.  The  Stodder  bred  cattle  were 
soon  on  the  big  show  circuits  winning  more  than 
their  share  of  the  honors.  The  cows  that  raised 
the  show  stock  from  the  service  of  Captain  Arch- 
er came  largely  from  Fred  Cowley's  herd  and 
were  by  Secret  Archer,  also  a  son  of  imp.  Col- 
lynie and  out  of  a  daughter  of  Royal  Knight, 
a  son  of  imp.  Princess  Alice.  It  is  not  surprising 
that  this  mingling  of  good  blood,  practically  un- 
related to  begin  with,  should  produce  unusual  re- 
sults. 

After  a  few  seasons  use  of  Captain  Archer, 
he  was  found  dead  in  the  pasture  and  the  white 
bull  Silvermine  was  bought  and  used  in  the  herd. 
Silvermine  sired  an  exceptionally  attractive  lot 
of  roan  heifers.  Mr.  Stodder 's  health  failed  in 
1912  and  he  sold  the  herd  at  public  nuction  in  the 
fair  grounds  at  Burden  at  an  average  of  about 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  111 

$160.  Silvermine  went  to  Marshall  Bros,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  one  of  the  good  sires 
in  their  large  herd. 

Thomas,  Jameison  &  Mitchell,  Wabaunsee 
County.— E.  K.  Thomas,  one  of  Kentucky's 
prominent  breeders,  Mr.  Jameison,  also  of  that 
state  and  their  nephew,  S.  D.  Mitchell,  shipped 
200  good  Shorthorns  from  Paris,  Ken- 
tucky to  a  large  ranch  near  Allan,  twenty-five 
miles  north  of  Emporia.  Mr.  Thomas  had  been 
particularly  successful  with  a  family  that  came 
to  be  known  as  the  Thomas  Young  Marys. 

Under  Mr.  Mitchell's  efficient  management 
the  herd  rapidly  took  rank  with  the  best  in  the 
state.  The  noted  bull  Barrister,  winner  of  247 
first  prizes,  was  chief  herd  bull.  In  addition  to 
these  Young  Marys,  Mr.  Mitchell  bought  Scotch 
cows,  one  of  the  most  notable  purchases  being 
the  white  cow,  imp.  Bessie  51st.  This  cow  was 
in  calf  to  the  champion,  Choice  Goods,  then  at  the 
height  of  his  popularity.  She  produced  a  white 
bull,  later  well  known  as  White  Goods.  It  is 
speaking  conservatively  to  say  that  White  Goods 
was  one  of  the  very  best  of  the  champion's  get. 
Mr.  Mitchell  used  this  bull  without  hesitancy  and 
also  showed  him  successfully.  He  proved  a 
breeder  of  wonderful  merit.  Another  bull  used 
was  Orange  Viscount. 

Mr.  Mitchell  began  showing  west  of  the  Miss- 
issippi in  1905  and  the  herd  won  its  full  share 


112  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

of  prizes.  Mr.  Jameison  died  in  1908  and  the 
herd  was  dispersed  at  public  sale  in  Kansas  City, 
the  high  average  being  nearly  $300.  White  Goods, 
the  main  attraction  of  the  sale,  went  to  Idaho 
at  $1150  and  became  the  leading  show  bull  of  the 
Pacific  coast.  Imported  Bessie  51st  went  into 
Brown  county  and  became  the  dam  of  several 
good  bulls.  Harriman  Bros,  bought  46th  Duch- 
ess of  Gloster  with  her  bull  calf.  The  calf  was 
sold  as  a  yearling  to  C.  S.  Nevius  where,  under 
the  name  of  Searchlight,  he  did  his  share  toward 
building  up  Shorthorn  interests  in  Kansas  and 
Oklahoma.  Mr.  Mitchell  had  a  herd  of  his  own 
when  the  partnership  herd  was  dispersed  and 
he  continued  to  breed  successfully  on  a  smaller 
scale.  An  account  of  his  work  will  be  given  later. 
E.  H.  Rutledge,  Rice  County.— In  about  1905 
Mr.  Rutledge  established  a  herd  of  wonderful 
promise.  The  cows  had  been  carefully  selected 
and  the  outstanding  bull,  Double  Champion,  was 
bought  from  Tebo  Lawn.  This  bull  was  by  Choice 
Goods  and  out  of  Russella,  the  dam  of  the  unde- 
feated heifer  and  cow,  Ruberta.  Not  long  after 
the  purchase  of  Double  Champion  Mr.  Rutledge 
bought  Liberty  Boy,  a  splendid  son  of  the  grand 
champion,  Viscount  of  Anoka.  Both  of  these  bulls 
proved  excellent  breeders  and  the  herd  bade  fair 
to  become  of  state-wide  importance.  Unfortun- 
ately for  Shorthorn  interests  in  central  Kansas, 
Mr.  Rutledge  died  suddenly  and  the  entire  herd 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  113 

was  dispersed.  Most  of  the  cattle  sold  locally  at 
a  low  price  to  people  who  did  not  realize  their 
value.  Several  good  herds  in  central  Kansas, 
however,  descend  from  the  Rutledge  herd. 

Herds  of  Minor  Importance. — During  the 
years  covered  by  the  preceding  sketches  many 
herds  were  founded  over  the  state  that  were  of 
considerable  importance  locally.  Only  a  few 
of  these  herds  left  any  impress  on  the  cattle  of 
this  time  yet  they  are  well  worthy  of  mention.  It 
has  been  possible  to  obtain  data  on  many  of  these 
breeding  establishments  while  probably  many 
others  equally  worthy  of  recognition  are  omitted. 
These  herds  are  grouped  largely  by  counties  and 
localities  rather  than  according  to  the  period  of 
time  in  which  they  existed. 

J.  Clarence  Norton  of  Allen  county  was  one 
of  the  earlier  breeders.  Mr.  Norton  was  a  bril- 
liant man  who  was  very  much  given  to  accepting 
statements  as  positive  facts  and  coming  to  con- 
clusions without  thorough  investigation.  One  of 
his  hobbies  to  which  he  gave  much  publicity 
was  that  cattle  would  thrive  as  well  or  better 
without  salt  as  with  it.  He  was  a  frequent 
contributor  to  the  farm  press  and  a  very  willing 
speaker  at  farmers'  institutes.  His  Shorthorn 
herd,  which  was  maintained  for  a  good  many 
years,  was  of  medium  quality  and  of  local  im- 
portance only. 

Of  somewhat  more  recent  origin  than  the 


114  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Norton  herd  was  that  of  R.  O.  Furneaux  near 
Moran.  From  a  modest  beginning  with  medium 
cattle  his  herd  developed  into  one  of  the  good 
herds  of  the  county. 

Another  Allen  county  herd  was  that  of  Jewell 
Bros.,  which  for  a  number  of  years  was  prob- 
ably the  best  in  the  county.  Both  the  proprietors 
are  still  engaged  in  the  business  owning  individ- 
ual herds. 

B.  W.  Gowdy  of  Anderson  county  bred  quite 
a  number  of  Shorthorns  but  was  better  known  as 
a  dealer  than  as  a  breeder.  He  was  prominent 
in  the  trade  from  1897  to  1905.  His  commercial 
instincts  were  highly  developed,  too  highly,  per- 
haps, for  best  results  as  a  breeder. 

Walter  Lattimer,  son  of  the  well  known  Ill- 
inois family  of  breeders,  who  was  associated  with 
D.  L.  Dawdy  in  the  ownership  and  management 
of  the  Glick  herd  also  maintained  a  herd  near 
Garnett.  The  cattle  were  largely  of  the  Glick 
stock  and  the  earlier  bulls  in  service  were  of 
Bates  extraction.  Later  Mr.  Lattimer  changed 
his  course  by  buying  the  great  Bellows  bull, 
Valley  Champion.  J.  B.  Fergus,  a  well  known 
resident  of  Allen  county,  was  herdsman  for  Mr. 
Lattimer  during  the  time  he  operated  near 
Garnett. 

A.  M.  Ashcraf  t  of  Atchison  county  was  in  busi- 
ness from  1894  to  1904.  He  bought  a  few  females 
and  built  up  quite  a  large  herd.  He  did  not .  at 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  115 

first  use  bulls  strong  in  Scotch  blood  but  later 
he  bought  of  T.  P.  Babst  the  excellent  bull,  Har- 
mony's Knight,  and  followed  with  Scottish  Min- 
strel secured  from  Thomas,  Jameison  &  Mitchell. 
Mr.  Ashcraft  was  a  good  advertiser  and  people 
generally  found  out  that  he  raised  Shorthorn 
cattle.  Two  of  his  sons,  Ashcraft  Bros.,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business. 

Another  early  Atchison  county  herd  was  that 
of  J.  L.  Miller  of  Arrington.  Several  of  the 
family  are  living  in  the  neighborhood  in  which 
this  herd  was  kept  and  are  breeding  Shorthorns. 
John  Q.  A.  Miller,  living  on  the  old  home  farm, 
has  quite  a  herd. 

J.  B.  Stockstill  of  Barber  county  built  up  a 
large  herd  from  a  small  start  made  in  the  nine- 
ties. The  cattle  produced  were  of  good  size  and 
of  fairly  good  quality.  Double  Ury  from  Thos.  H. 
Mastin's  herd,  Joe's  Lord  by  Lord  Mayor  and 
Eed  Oak  by  imp.  Collynie,  all  good  bulls  of  ex- 
cellent ancestry,  did  most  of  the  service.  This 
herd  was  sold  to  J.  E.  Thompson  of  Fredonia 
about  1910  and  after  breeding  from  them  for  a 
few  years  Mr.  Thompson  dispersed  them  at 
public  sale. 

Frank  Rockefeller  of  Kiowa  county,  a  near 
relative  of  the  oil  king,  was  something  of  a  cattle 
king  in  his  community.  His  operations  at  one 
time  extended  to  several  counties  and  he  bred 
Shorthorns  quite  extensively.  While  his  cattle 


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were  kept  in  the  way  peculiar  to  the  ranches  of 
the  Southwest  he  succeeded  in  producing  some 
quite  creditable  specimens  of  the  breed.  The 
pure  bred  herd  has  recently  been  dispersed. 


THE  FIEST  CALF  EVER  FITTED  FOE  SHOW  BY 
TOMSON  BEOS. 


Everett  Hayes  was  one  of  the  well  known 
breeders  of  Brown  county.  He  owned  some  good 
cows  of  very  popular  breeding  and  he  bought  at 
one  of  the  Chicago  sales  the  white  bull,  Snow- 
flake,  later  destined  to  fame  as  the  sire  of  Bing- 
master,  the  only  bull  that  has  ever  been  three 
times  International  grand  champion.  The  best 
of  the  Snowflake  calves  were  in  demand  to  go 
into  good  herds  and  had  Mr.  Hayes  continued 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS  117 

his  operations  for  a  longer  time  he  would  doubt- 
less have  been  classed  as  a  very  successful  Short- 
horn breeder.  The  herd'  was  dispersed  at  public 
sale  in  1911. 

Another  Brown  county  herd  was  that  of  D.  E. 
Reber.  Mr.  Reber  began  buying  a  few  Short- 
horns soon  after  1900  some  of  which  were  se- 
cured locally  but  he  also  patronized  the  herds  of 
P.  O.  Lowden  and  M.  E.  Jones  of  Illinois,  the 
Tebo  Lawn  herd  and  that  of  Bellows  Bros. 
Prom  the  latter  he  secured  Diamond  Emblem, 
the  highest  priced  bull  of  his  year  in  the  Bellows 
Bros,  sale  and  a  son  of  the  noted  cow,  Emily  by 
Collynie.  The  herd  was  dispersed  about  1915, 
Diamond  Emblem  going  to  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son 
of  Doniphan  county  who  exhibited  him  at  lead- 
ing western  state  fairs  winning  numerous  first 
prizes  and  championships. 

E.  D.  Ludwig  of  Sabetha,  either  accidently  or 
from  previous  knowledge,  purchased  a  bull  that 
later  became  nationally  famous  as  the  sire  of 
numerous  state  fair,  American  Royal  and  Inter- 
national champions.  Barmpton  Knight,  one  of 
the  great  bulls  of  the  breed,  sired  a  lot  of  calves 
in  Mr.  Ludwig 's  herd  that  made  such  a  favorable 
impression  on  Tomson  Bros,  that  they  decided  to 
buy  and  did  buy  the  old  bull  at  the  Ludwig  dis- 
persion. There  is  little  else  to  say  about  this  herd 
for  Barmpton  Knight  was  virtually  the  whole 
herd,  as  a  bull  of  his  quality  always  is,  and  Mr. 


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Ludwig's  fame  as  a  breeder  rests  wholly  upon  the 
achievement  of  this  great  bull. 

T.  J.  Dawe  began  breeding  Shorthorns  in  Don- 
iphan  county  in  1882,  buying  his  foundation  of 


T.  J.  DAWE 
Hiawatha 


GEO.  S.  MAESHALL 
Basehor 


local  breeders  and  he  has  been  in  the  work  con- 
tinuously since  that  time.  In  1910  associated 
with  his  son  "  Jim"  under  the  firm  name  of  T.  J. 
Dawe  &  Son,  the  firm  changed  its  methods  of 
operation  by  making  purchases  of  choice  cattle 
from  the  leading  herds  of  America.  In  1911 
they  began  showing  at  the  St.  Joseph  fair  and 
at  Topeka  and  Hutchinson  winning  their  share 
of  the  ribbons.  They  owned  and  exhibited  Dia- 
mond Emblem,  one  of  the  best  known  show  and 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  119 

breeding  bulls  in  the  state,  until  his  death  from 
forage  poisoning  in  1919.  Mrs.  E.  A.  Myer,  a 
daughter  of  T.  J.  Dawe,  is  living  on  the  old  farm 
near  Troy  and  with  her  husband  is  engaged  in 
breeding  Shorthorns. 

W.  J.  Snodgrass  was  an  old  time  Butler  county 
breeder  of  fairly  good  cattle  who  happened  to 
buy  a  bull  that  made  his  reputation  in  south 
central  Kansas.  This  bull  was  Scott  Jr.  by  imp. 
Scottish  Emperor.  He  was  bred  by  H.  M.  Hill 
and  shown  at  the  Wichita  fair  where,  after  hav- 
ing won  first  prize,  he  was  sold  to  Mr.  Snodgrass. 
He  was  liberally  used  in  the  Snodgrass  herd 
where  he  sired  an  exceptionally  good  class  of 
calves.  In  the  show  ring  he  seldom,  is  ever,  met 
defeat  and  he  was  exhibited  against  the  entries  of 
such  showmen  as  J.  P.  Stodder.  Several  of  Mr. 
Snodgrass'  sons  took  up  Shorthorn  breeding  but 
they  are  now  all  out  of  the  business.  Well  ad- 
vanced in  years  and  looking  back  on  an  unusually 
active  life,  Mr.  Snodgrass  is  living  quietly  in 
Wichita. 

L.  B.  Hull  is  another  Butler  county  breeder 
who  for  ten  years  was  well  known  in  local  Short- 
horn circles.  He  made  no  effort  to  produce  any- 
thing better  than  a  medium  class  of  cattle. 

H.  C.  Stephenson  of  Chase  county  bred  Short- 
horns for  fifteen  years,  producing  a  nice, 
smooth,  attractive  lot  of  cattle  of  excellent  feed- 
ers' type  which  furnished  the  foundation  for 


120  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

numerous  pure  bred  herds.  On  account  of  Mr. 
Stephenson's  poor  health  the  herd  was  dispersed 
privately  early  in  1919.  As  will  be  seen  in  Part 
II  of  this  book  the  Stephenson  cattle  became  a 
prime  factor  in  building  up  several  herds  in  the 
eastern  half  of  the  state.  Among  those  who  took 
advantage  of  this  dispersion  were  W.  J.  Sayre, 
H.  M.  Schoepflin,  C.  E.  McFerrin,  F.  N.  Funk 
and  others. 

Master  of  the  Grove,  American  Royal  and 
International  grand  champion  bull,  was  devel- 
oped by  J.  W.  Baker  of  Chase  county  and  sold 
by  him  to  Bellows  Bros,  who  exhibited  him.  It 
is  said  that  Mr.  Baker  gave  this  bull  more  than 
usual  care  which,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  he  had 
no  family  upon  which  to  lavish  his  affections,  is 
not  surprising.  Mr.  Baker's  herd  was  small 
and  aside  from  his  connection  with  Master  of  the 
Grove  he  was  known  only  locally. 

In  founding  his  herd  Fred  Cowley  of  Cherokee 
county  made  judicious  selections,  principally  of 
Scotch  crossed  Bates  cattle.  In  buying  these 
cattle  he  had  the  assistance  of  that  excellent 
judge  of  Shorthorns,  John  McDermaid.  He 
used  the  Harris  bred  bull,  Rodney  by  imp.  Pirate 
and  the  Bellows  bred  Albion  by  Valley  Cham- 
pion. His  greatest  breeding  bull  was  doubtless 
Secret  Archer  by  imp.  Collynie.  Secret  Archer 
was  the  sire  of  numerous  cows  sold  to  Fred 
Stodder  that  bred  to  Captain  Archer  produced 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  121 

a  large  number  of  the  Stodder  show  cattle.  Mr. 
Cowley  was  associated  with  S.  C.  Hanna  and  H. 
M.  Hill  in  promoting  the  Fredonia  sales  held 
annually  from  1906  to  1914. 

Another  Cherokee  county  breeder  was  S.  L. 
Cheney  who  owned  quite  a  large  herd  in  the 
eighties  and  nineties.  The  first  good  bull  bought 
by  Mr.  Cheney  was  the  well  known  Goldendrop 
of  Hillhurst,  by  the  way,  the  first  good  bull 
owned  by  Col.  W.  A.  Harris  and  recognized  as 
the  predecessor  of  imp.  Baron  Victor.  He  was 
followed  by  the  Potts  bred  Orange  Blossom  of 
Oakland,  a  son  of  imp.  Antiquary.  Later  Mr. 
Cheney  bought  what  became  his  best  known  bull, 
the  Davidson  bred  Orange  Blossom  Perfection. 
While  most  of  the  cows  were  of  the  commoner 
kind  he  owned  some  good  ones  and  the  descend- 
ants of  these,  nearly  all  of  the  Cruickshank 
Orange  Blossom  family,  figured  in  the  pedigrees 
of  several  good  herds. 

One  of  the  greatest  show  bulls  ever  seen  in 
America  was  for  one  season  owned  and  exhibited 
by  a  resident  of  Cherokee  county.  M.  A.  House- 
holder of  Columbus,  associated  for  a  time  with 
Williams  Bros,  under  the  name  of  Williams  & 
Householder,  is  credited  as  having  been  the  ex- 
hibitor of  imp.  Cupbearer.  Mr.  Householder 
bred  a  few  Shorthorns  but  little  stock  is  recorded 
as  bred  by  him. 

Beginning  in  1898  Adam  Andrew  of  Craw- 


122  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

ford  county  gradually  built  up  his  herd  to  about 
fifty  females.  Local  trade  took  the  surplus  and 
in  1914  Mr.  Andrew  held  a  public  sale  disposing 
of  all  but  a  few  of  the  best  females  and  the  herd 
bull,  Orange  Major.  He  has  continued  his  breed- 
ing operations  and  his  herd  which  is  better  than 
ever  is  dealt  with  in  Part  II. 

From  about  1900  to  1917  Marshall  Bros,  of 
Cowley  county  bred  Shorthorns,  supplying  the 
local  and  western  trade,  and  producing  a  desir- 
able class  of  cattle  with  plenty  of  size.  The 
herd  grew  to  be  one  of  the  large  ones  of  the 
state.  Among  the  best  known  sires  in  use  was 
Scottish  Prince,  a  Hanna  bred  son  of  imp.  Lord 
Cowslip.  At  the  Stodder  dispersion  sale  Marshall 
Bros,  bought  the  senior  herd  bull,  the  white. 
Silvermine,  the  sire  of  the  attractive  lot  of 
roan  heifers  sold  by  Mr.  Stodder.  The  herd  en- 
joyed an  unusually  good  patronage  from  Okla- 
homa breeders  until  its  dispersion  in  1917.  Lee 
Marshall  who  was  the  active  manager  of  the 
establishment  is  now  living  in  Wichita  and  has 
transferred  his  activities  from  Shorthorns  to 
the  manufacture  of  paint. 

Clay  Harrington  and  H.  M.  Harrington  es- 
tablished herds  in  Sedgwick  county  near  Clear- 
water  in  about  1900.  Although  these  herds  did 
not  become  prominent  yet  they  were  numbered 
among  the  large  ones  of  the  state.  The  surplus 
was  sold  principally  in  Oklahoma. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  123 

David  Ballantyne,  a  shrewd  Scotchman,  who 
came  to  Dickinson  county  forty-five  years  ago, 
was  connected  with  the  Shorthorn  industry  until 
the  business  was  turned  over  to  his  son,  T.  A. 
Ballantyne,  in  about  1917.  The  herd  frequently 
numbered  as  many  as  100  head  and  Mr. 
Ballantyne,  who  had  the  regulation  Scotch  idea 
of  selecting  stock  with  only  merit  and  adapt- 
ability in  view,  refused  to  be  sidetracked  by  fads. 
There  were  few  more  practically  useful  herds  in 
the  state  than  this  one.  Among  the  best  bulls 
were  Marshall  Abbotsburn  3d,  bred  in  Can- 
ada; Collynie's  Pride  by  imp.  Collynie  and 
Wooddale  Chieftain  by  The  Choice  of  All.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ballantyne  have  made  frequent  trips  to 
Scotland  within  the  past  forty-five  years  and 
every  member  of  the  Ballantyne  family  has 
accompanied  them  on  one  or  more  of  these  trips. 
Since  1917  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ballantyne  are  living  in 
Herington. 

H.  R.  Little  of  Dickinson  county  had  a  large 
herd  from  which  numerous  small  herds  in  the 
state  were  founded.  His  activities  began  in 
about  1895  and  continued  for  about  ten  years. 
Mr.  Little  was  inclined  to  favor  bulls  with  only  a 
light  infusion  of  Scotch  blood  and  for  this  reason 
he  did  not  secure  best  results.  In  some  cases, 
however,  the  cows  from  his  herd  have  produced 
wonderful  calves  when  crossed  with  good  Scotch 
bulls. 


124  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Geo.  Channon  was  another  of  the  early  breed- 
ers in  Dickinson  county  who  raised  the  founda- 
tion stock  for  a  number  of  smaller  herds  in  cen- 
tral Kansas.  His  cattle  were  not  given  as  good 
development  as  they  should  have  received  but 
they  did  well  for  their  purchasers. 

C.  M.  Garver  was  for  a  number  of  years  rated 
one  of  the  best  breeders  in  Dickinson  county. 
He  owned  the  show  bull,  Royal  Gloster  by  imp. 
Daydream's  Pride.  Mr.  Garver  closed  out  his 
herd  in  1908  selling  Eoyal  Gloster  to  0.  L.  This- 
ler  also  of  Dickinson  county. 

Mr.  Thisler  began  breeding  in  1890  and  was 
quite  well  known  over  the  state.  It  was  in  1910 
that  he  decided  to  change  his  line  of  business 
and  engage  in  the  production  of  Percherons. 
With  this  object  in  view  he  sold  his  Shorthorns, 
about  fifty  head,  including  the  bull,  Royal  Glos- 
ter to  John  W.  Tredway,  receiving  in  exchange 
a  lot  of  Percheron  mares.  Mr.  Tredway  sold 
these  cattle  in  the  fall  sale  held  by  the  Woodson 
County  Breeders  Association  at  Yates  Center  in 
1910  and  several  of  the  best  cows  were  bought  by 
Lauber  Bros,  of  Yates  Center.  Royal  Gloster 
was  sold  to  E.  S.  Myers  of  Chanute. 

J.  H.  Taylor  &  Sons  of  Chapman  began  breed- 
ing during  the  eighties  and  one  of  their  first  bulls 
was  the  famous  old  sire,  Golden  Knight,  pur- 
chased from  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege at  the  time  the  college  herd  was  dispersed 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  125 

as  a  result  of  the  political  fight  which  involved 
the  Board  of  Regents.  The  Taylors  have  been  in 
the  breeding  business  ever  since  and  will  prob- 
ably continue  indefinitely,  at  least  as  long  as 
the  boys  of  the  present  family  live. 

Bill  &  Burnham  of  Manhattan  began  business 
by  buying  some  of  the  choicest  cattle  at  Durham 
Park  in  1878  and  for  the  next  few  years  they 
added  to  their  herd  by  purchase.  They  owned 
the  bull  Viscount,  by  the  Crane  bull  Knight  of 
the  Purple  and  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Dor- 
othy. They  also  bought  of  Col.  Harris  the  im- 
ported Cruickshank  bull,  Double  Gloster.  From 
the  Dryden  bred  Cruickshank  cow,  Golden  Queen 
by  Royal  Barmpton,  they  raised  a  bull  by 
imp.  Earl  of  Aberdeen  that  was  named  2d  Earl 
of  Aberdeen  and  used  freely  in  the  herd.  Bill 
&  Burnham  continued  breeding  until  near  the 
close  of  the  eighties. 

B.  F.  Lorimer  of  Great  Bend  was  an  active 
breeder  in  the  nineties  and  members  of  the  Lori- 
mer family  have  been  producing  Shorthorns  in 
Barton  county  until  recently. 

Ewing  Bros,  and  others  of  the  Ewing  family 
bred  Shorthorns  in  Barton  county  and  adjacent 
territory  for  a  number  of  years,  producing 
a  good  class  of  cattle  which  have  found  their 
way  into  other  herds. 

Geo.  B.  Ross  of  Sterling  at  one  time  owned  a 
large  herd  in  Rice  county  and,  while  it  was  never 


126  A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

an  important  factor  in  Shorthorn  trade,  it  fur- 
nished the  foundation  for  a  good  many  herds  in 
central  Kansas  and  a  few  in  Oklahoma.  Occa- 
sionally a  herd  is  found  in  which  nearly  all  the 


E.  S.  DALE  FRED  ABILDGAABD 

Protection  W  infield 

cattle  are  descended  from  Ross  stock.  Mr.  Ross 
is  best  known  the  state  over  as  a  leading  Dem- 
ocratic politician.  He  is  a  man  of  great  ability 
and  it  is  probable  that  had  he  devoted  his  entire 
time  to  the  production  of  Shorthorns  instead  of 
dividing  his  interests  between  Shorthorns,  Per- 
cherons,  Poland  China  hogs  and  politics  he 
would  have  produced  a  herd  that  would  grade 
with  the  best  in  Kansas.  As  it  was  he  produced 
some  really  good  stock.  The  period  of  his  active 
operations  extended  from  1897  to  1907. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  127 

Dr.  R.  A.  Stewart  of  Hutchinson  is  remem- 
bered as  having  owned  one  of  the  leading  herds 
in  central  Kansas.  Under  his  own  name  as  well 
as  under  the  name  of  Stewart  &  Downs  he  ex- 
hibited at  leading  shows  and  for  several  years 
cattle  of  his  breeding  won  many  prizes.  The  best 
known  sire  in  use  was  Victor  Archer,  a  Tomson 
bred  son  of  Archer  out  of  a  Gallant  Knight  dam. 
This  bull  later  did  good  service  in  several  other 
herds  and  left  many  worthy  descendants  in  cen- 
tral and  south  central  Kansas.  To  use  on  the 
Victor  Archer  heifers  Forest  Knight  by  Gallant 
Knight  out  of  a  B.  O.  Cowan  bred  dam  by  Nor- 
folk was  purchased  of  Tomson  Bros.  The  herd 
was  dispersed  by  private  sale  about  1914. 

J.  C.  Hyde  bred  Shorthorns  for  many  years  in 
Harvey  county  and  his  name  appears  frequently 
in  the  pedigrees  from  other  herds.  His  work  was 
of  local  and  western  interest  and  extended  until 
about  1902.  One  of  his  sons,  J.  W.  Hyde,  is  the 
oldest  established  breeder  in  Wilson  county  and 
another  son,  Fred,  is  also  breeding  in  that  county. 
Several  grandsons  of  J.  C.  Hyde  are  engaged  in 
breeding  Shorthorns. 

J.  F.  True  was  one  of  the  best  known  breeders 
of  Jefferson  county  during  the  eighties  and 
nineties.  Volume  29  of  the  American  Herd 
Book  contains  the  pedigrees  of  five  cows  and 
heifers  bred  by  Mr.  True  and  cattle  of  his  breed- 
ing are  recorded  in  nearly  every  volume  up  to 


128  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

60,  also  in  64,  65,  70,  and  71.  He  believed  in 
advertising  and  made  liberal  use  of  the  press  in 
keeping  his  herd  before  the  public.  The  cattle 
were  sold  about  1900  or  shortly  thereafter  when 
Mr.  True  moved  to  Topeka.  It  was  he  who  was 
given  the  work  of  collecting  funds  in  Kansas 
for  the  erection  of  a  monument  to  Col.  W.  A. 
Harris  on  the  grounds  of  the  Kansas  State  Ag- 
ricultural College. 

V.  R.  Ellis  of  Franklin  county  established  a 
herd  in  about  1884  which  furnished  the  basis 
for  success  in  numerous  other  herds.  The  big 
beefy  bull  Godwin,  son  of  imp.  Spartan  Hero 
and  imp.  Golden  Thistle,  two  of  the  best  animals 
of  their  day;  was  used  and  proved  a  sire  of  val- 
uable breeding  cows.  Sir  Charming  4th,  a  Nor- 
ton bred  bull  of  his  Sweet  Charity  line  was  also 
used.  This  herd  was  not  appreciated  at  its  full 
worth  until  after  its  sale  to  T.  K.  Tomson  &  Sons 
when  the  Godwin  cows  added  prestige 'to  the 
Tomson  herd  in  producing  show  stock. 

Records  do  not  show  that  J.  C.  Stone,  Jr.  of 
Leavenworth  county  bred  any  considerable  num- 
ber of  Shorthorns.  He  did,  however,  do  a  big 
business  in  bringing  the  so-called  Bates  bulls 
and  some  females  from  Kentucky  during  the 
late  seventies  and  early  eighties.  He  continued 
handling  Shorthorns  and  breeding  a  few  until 
1898  when  the  last,  or  one  of  the  last,  of  his  breed- 
ing was  recorded.  Mr.  Stone  is  known  in  Short- 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  129 

horn  history  as  the  man  who  brought  Golden 
Drop  of  Hillhurst  to  Kansas  and  sold  him  to 
Col.  Harris. 

H.  E.  Hayes  of  Johnson  county  for  a  number 
of  years  kept  a  choice  collection  of  the  breed 
which  was  dispersed  at  public  sale  in  1908.  Lord 
Banff  2d,  a  son  of  imp.  Lord  Banff,  was  in  ser- 
vice practically  all  the  time  the  herd  was  main- 
tained and  near  the  close  of  its  existence  Baron 
Marr,  an  excellent  son  of  Cumberland's  Last  out 
of  imp.  Lady  Marr,  was  purchased.  The  calves  of 
this  bull  were  of  outstanding  quality.  The  best 
of  the  females  went  into  good  herds  and  Baron 
Marr  went  to  the  Deming  Ranch  at  Oswego 
where,  after  a  year's  use,  he  was  killed  by  light- 
ning. The  cow  sold  in  the  State  Association 
sale,  June  1920,  at  Manhattan  for  $3900  was  out 
of  a  daughter  of  Baron  Marr  purchased  in  dam 
by  Prof.  R.  J.  Kinzer  while  head  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Animal  Husbandry  of  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College. 

0.  E.  Morse  &  Sons  were  among  the  early 
breeders  in  Linn  county  and  both  the  sons,  T.  W. 
Morse  and  S.  T.  Morse,  still  sometimes  talk  like 
Shorthorns  breeders.  Their  herd,  though  never 
large,  was  a  credit  to  the  breed  and  was  dis- 
persed because  the  junior  members  of  the  firm 
decided  not  to  follow  farming.  It  was  a  real 
factor  for  good  while  in  existence  and  was  closed 
out  at  public  sale  about  1910,  local  breeders 


130  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

taking  most  of  the  cattle.  The  herd  bull  went  to 
A.  M.  Markley  &  Son  where  he  continued  the 
good  work  for  which  he  had  been  noted  in  the 
Morse  herd. 

The  work  of  W.  B.  &  M.  Hawk  of  Marshall 
county  covered  a  period  of  ten  years  from  1887 
to  1897.  They  used  first-class  bulls,  two  of  which 
were  Sandoval  and  the  well  known  Galahad, 
both  of  Col.  Harris'  breeding.  Galahad  was 
later  bought  back  by  Col.  Harris  and  used  at 
Linwood  where  he  sired  much  good  stock  includ- 
ing the  noted  show  and  breeding  bull,  Gallant 
Knight.  Cattle  descended  from  the  Hawk  herd 
are  frequently  found. 

D.  Tennyson  also  of  Marshall  county  had  a 
herd  of  more  than  ordinary  merit.  He  owned 
at  different  times  excellent  bulls,  one  having 
been  the  imported  Cruickshank  bull,  Prime  Min- 
ister. Cattle  of  Mr.  Tennyson's  breeding  were 
widely  distributed  and  were  generally  of  high 
quality.  One  of  his  sons,  A.  A.  Tennyson  of 
Lamar,  is  the  owner  of  a  splendid  herd,  a  large 
proportion  of  which  is  descended  from  cattle 
bred  on  his  father's  farm. 

Though  little  known  away  from  home,  the 
name  of  James  Gregg  of  Seneca  carries  much 
prestige  in  Nemaha  county.  For  a  number  of 
years  Mr.  Gregg  owned  one  of  the  large  herds 
of  the  state,  recording  as  high  as  sixty  head  in 
a  single  volume  of  the  herd  book.  His  operations 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  131 

extended  from  1895  to  1905.  Like  many  others 
who  have  established  large  Shorthorn  herds  Mr. 
Gregg  did  not  fully  appreciate  the  great  value  of 
an  extraordinary  bull  and  for  that  reason,  more 
than  for  any  other,  his  herd  did  not  assume  state- 
wide importance.  Probably  the  best  bull  he 
used  was  the  Harris  bred  Rodney,  a  Scotch 
crossed  bull  by  imp.  Royal  Pirate.  The  use  of 
this  bull  was  attended  with  considerable  success. 

C.  W.  Merriam  of  Topeka  owned  and  exten- 
sively advertised  Aylesdale  Farm.  Mr.  Merriam, 
who  was  a  land  loan  and  mortgage  broker,  han- 
dled the  farm  as  a  side  issue  and  operated  it 
by  proxy.  He  owned  at  one  time  a  lot  of 
cows  bred  by  T.  P.  Babst  among  which  the 
daughters  of  Lord  Mayor  were  especially  attract- 
ive. Although  he  produced  some  good  cattle 
he  did  not  attain  the  success  that  would  have  been 
possible  had  he  been  a  professional  cattle  man 
and  in  a  position  to  give  his  herd  his  entire  per- 
sonal attention.  Good  breeders  who  knew  the 
establishment  well  have  stated  that  Mr.  Mer- 
riam failed  to  use  a  bull  of  sufficient  merit  to 
produce  best  results  from  such  high-class  cows 
as  he  owned.  The  herd  was  dispersed  a  few  years 
ago  at  private  sale  and  the  farm  was  sold  to 
H.  H.  Holmes  then  of  Great  Bend  and  is  now 
one  of  the  well  known  Shorthorn  establishments 
of  the  state. 

M.  A.  Lowe  of  Topeka  who  began  breeding  in 


132  A   HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  latter  nineties  owned  a  class  of  cattle  that 
were  well  appreciated  and  many  of  them  found 
their  way  into  good  herds.  Golden  Lad  bred  by 
0.  B.  Dustin  and  sired  by  the  show  bull,  Golden 
Rule  out  of  the  noted  cow  imp.  Germanica  2d, 
was  doubtless  Mr.  Lowe's  best  bull.  A  number 
of  the  cows  from  this  herd  and  the  bull,  Golden 
Lad,  were  sold  to  W.  C.  Edwards  of  Wichita  for 
his  Pawnee  county  establishment.  This  bull 
was  used  with  much  success  by  Mr.  Edwards. 

Another  Shawnee  county  herd  that  won  con- 
siderable fame  during  the  early  part  of  this 
century  was  that  of  D.  C.  VanMce  of  Richland. 
This  herd  of  Polled  Shorthorns  was  exhibited 
successfully  at  some  of  the  large  fairs  and  his 
big  red  bull  Belvedere  was  for  several  years  the 
best  known  Polled  Shorthorn  bull  in  the  state. 
At  the  1910  Topeka  state  fair  Mr.  VanMce 
showed  a  roan  cow  that,  judged  for  the  produc- 
ion  of  both  beef  and  milk,  had  few  equals  any- 
where. The  herd  was  closed  out  a  few  years  ago. 

Hoadley  &  Sigmund  and  George  H.  Hoadley 
&  Son  established  a  herd  in  Sheridan  county 
shortly  after  1900.  From  the  beginning  they 
used  bulls  of  better  ancestry  than  were  found  in 
most  herds,  one  of  the  first  having  been  Baronet 
of  Maine  Valley,  bred  by  Chandler  Jordan.  Some 
of  their  cows  were  bred  along  prevailing  fashion- 
able lines.  This  was  one  of  the  herds  earliest 
established  in  the  northwest  section  of  Kansas. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS     .  133 

S.  S.  Benedict  of  Wilson  county,  extensive 
farmer  and  successful  politician,  was  also  a  suc- 


NEW  YEAR'S  DELIGHT 
Grand  champion  for  Tomson  Bros,  everywhere  in  the  West. 

cessful  Shorthorn  breeder.  The  herd  was  best 
known  in  southeast  Kansas.  He  used  a  suc- 
cession of  desirable  bulls  among  which  were 
20th  Earl  of  Valley  Grove  by  Lord  Mayor; 
Banker  4th,  bred  by  Powell  Bros,  of  Missouri 
and  Williams  Bros. '  noted  show  bull,  Dr.  Prim- 
rose. 20th  Earl  of  Valley  Grove  had  been  used 
by  P.  C.  Kingsley  of  Shawnee  county  where  he 
proved  a  great  sire  of  good  breeding  cows  and  in 
Senator  Benedict's  herd  he  fully  sustained  the 


134  .      A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

reputation  he  had  established.  Many  of  the 
cattle  used  by  H.  M.  Hill  in  his  early  operations 
were  of  Senator  Benedict's  breeding. 

C.  H.  Clark  and  Clark  Bros,  came  from  Iowa 
to  Kansas  in  about  May  1895.  They  had  been 
extensive  breeders  in  that  state  and  brought  with 
them  large  herds  one  of  which  was  located  in 
Wilson  county  and  the  other  near  Colony  in  An- 
derson county.  The  Clarks  made  the  common 
mistake  of  using  herd  bulls  of  only  medium  qual- 
ity and  for  this  reason  they  produced  little  high- 
class  stock.  Cows  and  heifers  from  their  herds 
have  been  scattered  widely  over  southeast 
Kansas  and,  though  not  of  the  highest  quality, 
have  generally  proved  good  breeders  and  when 
crossed  with  high-class  Scotch  bulls  they  have 
given  satisfactory  results. 

C.  H.  Kimble  was  one  of  the  old  breeders  of 
Wilson  county.  He  did  not  at  any  time  conform 
to  fashion  in  pedigrees  but  he  produced  good 
cattle.  One  of  the  best  heifers  sold  by  H.  M. 
Hill  in  a  notable  offering  at  the  Predonia  sale 
was  bred  from  Kimble  stock  and  traced  to  the 
so-called  American  woods. 

J.  H.  Bayer  of  Woodson  county  bought  a  cow 
in  1883  for  $100.  He  sold  all  the  bull  calves  from 
this  cow  and  he  saved  the  heifers.  In  .1897  he 
bought  four  heifers  at  $25  to  $40  each  and  by 
1905  he  had  sold  many  Shorthorns  at  a  big  profit, 
Mr.  Bayer's  experience  shows  that  frequently 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IX    KANSAS  135 

from  a  small  outlay  can  be  established  a  herd 
that  even  in  a  few  years  will  make  a  man  com- 
paratively wealthy.  In  1905  he  closed  out  his 
farm  business  after  starting  both  his  sons  and 
a  son-in-law  with  Shorthorns  from  his  herd. 
A  grandson,  Henry  B.  Bayer,  a  graduate  of  the 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College,  living  three 
miles  southwest  of  Manhattan,  is  a  promising 
young  breeder  and  several  other  grandsons  are 
now  students  at  the  college. 

H.  G.  Slavens,  also  of  Woodson  county,  pro- 
duced Shorthorns  from  1895  to  1912  when  he 
was  forced  to  discontinue  because  of  failing 
health.  Dr.  Slavens  was  fortunate  in  the  selec- 
tion of  his  foundation  stock  having  bought  from 
a  good  Iowa  herd  at  a  time  when  fifty  dollars 
would  buy  a  very  choice  cow.  He  also  made  a  hit 
in  the  purchase  of  the  bull  Red  Gauntlet  by 
Godoy.  Dr.  Slavens  was  a  Shorthorn  enthus- 
iast, a  good  feeder,  and  a  close  student  and  had 
he  retained  his  health  he  would  have  made  a  great 
success  of  the  breeding  business.  The  herd  was 
dispersed  in  1912,  five  excellent  heifers  going 
to  Hall  Bros,  of  Allen  county. 

F.  H.  Conger  of  Yates  Center  was  another 
Woodson  county  man  who  developed  a  large 
herd.  His  foundation  stock  was  bred  by  H.  J. 
Masters  of  Nebraska  and  the  cows  purchased 
were  sired  by  St.  Valentine  12th,  an  excellent 
son  of  St.  Valentine.  Mr.  Conger  made  a 


136  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

fortunate  purchase  of  Lavender's  Best  from  D. 
K.  Kellerman  &  Son  and  a  very  unfortunate  in- 
vestment in  the  purchase  of  a  successor  to  Laven- 
der's Best  at  a  low  price.  The  Lavender's  Best 
cows  were  an  unusually  good  lot.  Nine  of  them 
were  at  one  time  owned  by  J.  T.  Bayer  and  were 
the  admiration  of  local  breeders.  Mr.  Conger 
closed  out  the  herd  in  1907,  having  been  in  the 
business  for  ten  years. 

Another  Woodson  county  owner  of  a  large 
Shorthorn  establishment  which  he  operated  dur- 
ing the  same  period  in  which  J.  H.  Bayer,  Dr. 
Slavens  and  F.  H.  Conger  were  actively  engaged 
in  breeding,  was  John  A.  Seaton.  Mr.  Seaton 
and  several  sons  came  from  Iowa  in  1900  bring- 
ing with  them  cattle  purchased  from  several  of 
the  well  known  herds  in  the  vicinity  of  Newton. 
They  owned  1000  q,cres  of  land  near  Vernon 
and  the  cattle  had  not  only  plenty  of  good 
feed  and  good  care  but  the  herd  had  the  use  of  a 
strictly  high-class  bull  in  Prince  Imperial  2d, 
an  Albert  Harrah  bred  son  of  Canute.  Mr. 
Seaton  died  in  1906  and  the  herd  was  dispersed 
by  public  sale.  Prince  Imperial  2d  that  had  de- 
veloped into  a  first-class  show  bull  and  an  out- 
standing sire,  only  six  years  old  when  sold,  was 
allowed  by  the  breeders  present  to  be  purchased 
by  a  shipper  for  $85  with  4  per  cent  off  for  cash 
to  be  sent  to  Kansas  City  two  days  later  where  he 
brought  $125  for  beef. 


THE  FINAL  TEST 

It  has  always  been  claimed  by  Shorthorn  sup- 
porters that  this  breed  alone,  among  all  im- 
proved breeds,  furnishes  the  kind  of  cows  needed 
on  the  small  farms  where  the  production  of  cattle 
for  the  beef  market  must  necessarily  be  from 
cows  that  also  furnish  a  reasonable  amount  of 
milk.  The  contention  is  that  the  Shorthorn  cow 
will  produce  as  good  a  beef  animal  as  any  cow  of 
any  other  bre'ed  and  at  the  same  time  will  give 
milk  enough  to  properly  raise  her  calf  as  well  as 
to  furnish  dairy  products  for  the  family  and  for 
market.  It  is  pointed  out  that  no  cow  of  any 
other  breed  will  do  this  or  that  if  any  cow  be 
found  among  the  other  breeds  with  such  an  ac- 
complishment to  her  credit  she  is  a  rare  excep- 
tion. In  order  that  some  definite  figures  might 
be  obtained  which  would  show  to  just  what  extent 
beefy  Shorthorn  cows  that  would  produce  good 
beef  calves  would  also  produce  dairy  products  in 
paying  quantity,  an  experiment  was  begun  at  the 
Kansas  Station  in  1915. 

The  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry  of  the 
College,  then  in  charge  of  W.  A.  Cochel,  in  co- 
operation with  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry, 
U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture,  started  a 
breeding  experiment  that  is  developing,  in  fact 


138 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


it  has  already  developed,  into  one  of  great  im- 
portance to  Shorthorn  breeders  and  to  the  farm- 
ers of  Kansas  in  general.  Twenty  head  of  Short- 


C.  W.  McCAMPBELL 

Head  of  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry,  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College. 

horn  cows  of  good  breed  type  and  every  one  at 
least  good  as  a  beef  animal  were  chosen  for  the 
experiment  which  is  to  last  twenty  years.  The 
chief  object  of  this  experiment  as  stated  in  the 
plan  originally  adopted  was : 

1.  To  what  extent  does  the  milk-giving  func- 
tion of  the  dam  influence  the  beef  character  of 
progeny? 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  139 

2.  By  mating  thickly-fleshed  beef  bulls  whose 
dams  were  heavy  milkers  and  beef  cows  which 
transmit  beef  character  to  their  progeny  is  it 
possible  to  establish  a  heavy  milking  strain  of 
beef  cattle  within  a  breed,  the  female  progeny  of 
which  will  be  double  purpose  beef  and  milk  ani- 
mals and  the  males  strictly  of  the  beef  type  ?  In 
other  words,  is  it  possible  to  retain  the  typical 
beef  form  in  the  male  animals  and  increase  the 
milking  tendency  of  the  females  ? 

Dr.  C.  W.  McCampbell  who  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  Department  of  Animal  Husbandry 
July  1, 1920,  did  not  feel  that  the  object  had  been 
well  stated  or  that  it  was  practical  and  changed 
the  plan  to  one  of  attempting  to  show  that  both 
male  and  female  can  and  should  be  of  the  same 
type — broad,  deep  and  thick  and  that  such  fe- 
males can  and  should  be  able  to  produce  strictly 
beef  type  calves  and  6,000  to  10,000  pounds  of 
milk  annually.  It  is  quite  apparent  that  it  will  re- 
quire several  years  to  develop  such  a  test  yet  re- 
sults to  date  show  that  the  new  plan  is  both  prac- 
tical and  feasible  for  practically  all  the  cows  now 
in  the  test  are  the  broad,  deep,  thick  kind  and 
they  are  producing  broad,  deep,  low-set,  thick 
calves  and  a  heavy  flow  of  milk.  Only  a  few 
need  be  mentioned. 

1.  College  Emma  106095,  a  big,  thick,  smooth 
Scotch  "Butterfly"  is  the  dam  of  the  first  prize 
junior  yearling  steer  at  the  International  Live 


140  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Stock  Show  at  Chicago.    She  has  a  milk  record 
of  7061.5  pounds  of  milk  in  a  year. 

2.  Gwendoline  79th  217427,  an  exceptionally 
sweet,  broad-backed,  deep,  thick,  beautifully  bred 
Scotch  cow  sired  by  Leader  of  Fashion ;  first  dam 
by  a  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan,  second  dam  by 
Knight  of  the  Thistle,  third  dam  by  Imp.  Cup- 
bearer is  producing  very  sweet,  compactly-made, 
thick-fleshed  calves  of  unusual  merit.    She  also 
made  the  Shorthorn  registry  of  merit  as  a  two- 
year-old  with  a  record  of  5796.1  pounds  of  milk. 

3.  Pride's  Bessie  206445  is  a  splendidly  bred 
Marr  "Bessie"  and  a  beautiful  type  of  beef  cow 
with  a  milk  record  of  9210.5.    Her  calves  since 
coming  into  the  herd  have  all  been  bulls.    They 
are  very  much  in  demand  as  herd  headers  for 
good  pure  bred  herds.    Pride's  Bessie  was  the 
first  Scotch  cow  to  be  accepted  in  the  advanced 
milk   registry   for   Milking    Shorthorns.      Her 
record  is  9210.5  pounds  of  milk. 

4.  Red  Eose   190448   a   Scotch   "  Queen   of 
Beauty"  is  a  broad,  deep,  square-ended,  thick- 
fleshed  cow  that  is  producing  splendid  calves. 
She  has  a  milk  record  of  7027.1  pounds  of  milk. 

5.  Lavender  T   180790,   a  beautifully  bred 
Scotch  "Lavender",  is  a  very  broad,  deep,  low- 
set  cow  that  produces  the  same  kind  of  calves. 
She  has  a  record  of  7209.1  pounds  of  milk. 

6.  Cream  Toast  87609  by  Ingle  Lad,  a  son  of 
Imp.  Collynie,  dam  by  another  son  of  Collynie 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


141 


and  second  dam  by  Golden  Lad,  is  producing  ex- 
ceptionally thick-fleshed,  strictly  beef  type 
calves.  She  has  the  high  record  of  10203.2  pounds 
of  milk. 


CREAM  TOAST 

Milk  record  10,203.2  pounds.     Owned  by  The  Kansas 
Agricultural  College. 

7.  Matchless  Queen  180093  by  Matchless  Dale 
a  son  of  Avondale ;  dam  by  a  son  of  Collynie,  sec- 
ond dam  by  Lord  Thistle,  third  dam  by  Imp. 
Bapton  Arrow,  is  a  cow  of  unusual  width,  depth 
and  compactness.  With  this  she  has  a  world  of 
quality  and  character.  Her  calves  are  of  exactly 
the  same  type.  She  is  a  full  sister  to  the  reserve 


142  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

champion  steer  at  the  International  in  1916  and 
has  a  record  of  8733.1  pounds  of  milk. 

8.  Sultan's  Rose  489202  has  developed  into  a 
cow  of  outstanding  beef  type  with  a  lot  of  char- 
acter, quality  and  size.  She  is  sired  by  a  grand- 
son of  Whitehall  Sultan;  her  dam  by  a  son  of 
Whitehall  Sultan  and  her  second  dam  by  the 
Marr  "Missie"  bull  imp.  Golden  Banner.  Sul- 
tan's Rose  made  the  registry  of  merit  for  milk 
production  with  a  record  of  5639.8  pounds  of 
milk  as  a  two-year-old. 

An  interesting  feature  relating  to  these  milk 
records  is  the  fact  that  none  of  these  cows  except 
Gwendoline  79th  and  Sultan's  Rose  were  milked 
until  they  were  mature  cows,  Cream  Toast  for 
instance  being  seven  years  of  age  before  entering 
the  experiment.  Neither  have  these  cows  been 
forced  for  milk  production.  They  have  been 
maintained  simply  as  beef  rather  than  dairy 
cows. 

All  heifers  will  be  developed  and  whenever  a 
heifer  develops  into  a  better  beef  type  cow,  pro- 
duces a  better  beef  type  calf  and  at  the  same  time 
produces  more  milk  than  a  cow  in  the  experi- 
ment then  such  heifers  will  be  substituted  for 
the  less  desirable  cows  in  the  experiment. 


TWO  NOTABLE  EVENTS 

The  largest  importation  of  Shorthorn  cattle 
ever  brought  west  of  the  Mississippi  was  made  in 
1920  by  J.  C.  Robison  of  Towanda.  For  years 
Mr.  Robison  had  been  breeding  Percherons,  first 
with  his  father  and  later  on  his  own  account,  and 
as  something  of  a  side  line  had  raised  a  good 
many  Shorthorns. 

Mr.  Robison  left  home  July  18,  1919,  landing 
in  Southhampton  August  2.  It  had  been  planned 
to  visit  the  herds  of  Great  Britain  in  general  but 
on  the  day  he  landed  he  learned  that  foot  and 
mouth  disease  had  broken  out  in  England  and 
that  trade  in  cattle  would  have  to  be  limited  to 
the  herds  of  Scotland.  While  spending  almost 
three  months  with  Scotch  breeders  he  secured 
thirty-five  females  and  ten  bulls.  After  many 
complications  the  cattle  were  shipped  January 
19,  and  after  a  very  rough  voyage  of  twenty-six 
days,  nearly  twice  the  usual  time  required  on  the 
trip,  they  landed  at  Baltimore  with  no  loss  ex- 
cept that  of  two  small  calves.  The  cattle  came 
from  Perthshire  and  Aberdeenshire  and  in- 
cluded representatives  from  such  noted  herds 
as  that  of  Robert  Bruce,  James  Rennie, 
James  Durno,  Sylvester  Campbell,  Alex 
Sutherland,  and  the  most  noted  herd  of 


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A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


all,  William  Duthie.  Of  this  importation 
Mr.  Robison  sold  twelve  females  and  three 
bulls  in  the  Salter-Robison  sale  at  Wichita, 
May  15,  1920  and  one  heifer  on  May  26  at  the 


E.  A.  COEY 

Talmo 


J.  C.  EOBISON 

Towanda 


State  Association  sale  at  Manhattan.  In  Sep- 
tember 1920  he  also  sold  several  females  to  that 
veteran  breeder,  J.  W.  Hyde,  of  Wilson  county. 
The  rest  of  the  females,  which  included  some  of 
the  best  ones,  and  two  of  the  bulls  were  kept  for 
the  foundation  of  a  herd  at  Whitewater  Stock 
Farm  four  miles  west  of  Towanda  in  Butler 
county. 

The  Salter-Robison  Sale.— The  Daily  Drovers' 
Telegram  gives  the  following  account  of  the  sale 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  145 

held  May  15, 1920,  by  Park  E.  Salter  of  Wichita 
and  J.  C.  Robison  of  Towanda.  This  sale  was 
held  under  unfavorable  financial  conditions  but 
the  prices  received  proved  conclusively  that  first- 
class  Shorthorns  will  sell  for  top  prices  under 
almost  any  conditions.  The  account  follows : 

Park  E.  Salter  of  Wichita  and  J.  C.  Robison  of  Towanda, 
Kansas  held  a  partnership  sale  of  Shorthorns  in  the  Forum 
at  Wichita  Saturday,  selling  48  cattle  for  $64,775  or  an 
average  of  $1,339.37.  The  Salter  offering  of  20  head 
averaged  $1,901  around,  the  Robison  cattle  sold  for  an  av- 
erage of  $916  per  head.  In  the  cattle  consigned  by  Park 
E.  Salter,  there  were  a  number  of  show  animals,  including 
the  grand  champion,  Lady  Supreme,  which  sold  to  Frank 
Scofield  of  Hillsboro,  Texas  for  $4,800.  Miss  Snowbird 
Sultan  by  Snowbird's  Sultan  with  a  white  heifer  calf  at 
foot  by  Fair  Acres  Sultan  Jr.,  sold  to  Carpenter  &  Ross  of 
Mansfield,  Ohio,  for  $5,000,  was  the  top  of  the  females. 
This  is  one  of  the  highest,  if  not  the  highest  price  ever  paid 
for  a  female  at  auction  in  the  state  of  Kansas.  Pleasant 
Gloster  2d,  another  member  of  Mr.  Salter 's  last  year's  show 
herd  sold  to  H.  C.  Lookabaugh  for  $3,000.  H.  C.  Looka- 
baugh  also  purchased  Missie's  Last,  at  $6,100,  which  was 
the  top  of  the  auction.  Of  the  cattle  consigned  by  J.  C. 
Robison,  over  half  were  imported  and  had  been  in  the 
country  only  a  short  time.  They  were  not  in  the  best  of 
condition,  as  they  had  been  in  transit  for  several  months, 
and  Mr.  Robison  had  not  been  able  to  get  them  in  very 
good  shape.  As  it  was,  nine  head  sold  for  over  $1,000  a 
head.  The  top  price  paid  for  a  Robison  consignment  was 
$2,400,  this  amount  being  given  by  Albert  Hultine  of  Saron- 
ville,  Nebraska,  for  imp.  Sweet  Fragrance  bred  by  William 
Duthie.  The  Shorthorn  fraternity  was  well  represented, 
breeders  being  present  from  Nebraska,  Iowa,  Mississippi, 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  147 

Ohio,  Texas,  Oklahoma  and  Kansas.  One  of  the  most  en- 
couraging features  of  the  entire  sale  was  the  fact  that  over 
half  the  offering  stayed  in  the  Sunflower  state,  which  is 
pretty  good  evidence  that  they  appreciate  good  cattle  in 
Kansas.  A  detailed  report  follows : 

BULLS. — Missie's  Last,  September  1913,  H.  C.  Looka- 
baugh,  Watonga,  Okla.,  $6,100 ;  Emblem  Jr.,  December  10, 

1918,  E.   S.  Dale,  Protection,  Kans.,  $4,000;  Imp.  Roan 
Marhall,  March  9,  1919,  Gulick  &  Son,  Ness  City,  Kans., 
$425 ;  Imp.  Kinochtry  Ensign,  June  25,  1919,  Frank  Kelly, 
Gardner,  Kans.,  $725 ;  Imp.  Prince  Prudent,  April  18,  1919, 
F.  S.  Kirk,  Wichita,  Kansas,  $475. 

FEMALES.— Rose  Strathallan,  June  10,  1913,  H.  L.  Bur- 
gess, Chelsea,  Okla.,  $975;  Narcissus  Gem  4th,  July  10, 
1914,  K.  G.  Gigstad,  Lancaster,  Kans.,  $1,350 ;  Miss  Snow- 
bird Sultan  and  cow  calf,  October  20,  1916,  Carpenter  & 
Ross,  Mansfield,  Ohio,  $5,000 ;  Lady  Supreme,  November  2, 

1917,  Frank  Scofield,  Hillsboro,  Tex.,  $4,800;  Fair  Acres 
Blossom,  March  6,  1918,  E.  J.  Haury,  Halstead,  Kans.,  $1,- 
800;  Calla  4th  and  bull  calf,  October.  6,  1913,  E.  S.  Dale, 
$1,000;  Pleasant  Gloster  2d,  September  10,  1918,  H.  C. 
Lookabaugh  $3,000.    Gwendoline  3d,  July  15,  1915,  Tom- 
son  Bros.,  Wakarusa,  Kans.,  $1,000;   Grandview  Beauty 
and  bull  calf,  May  27,  1909,  H.  L.  Burgess,  $1,150 ;  Syca- 
more Emma  4th,  October  26,  1911,  H.  L.  Burgess,  $1,150 ; 
Golden  Autumn  and  cow  calf,   October  15,   1915,  D.   S. 
Smithhisler,  Enid,  Okla.,  $750 ;  Village  Maid  2d,  December 
2,  1918,  Frank  Kelly,  $525 ;  Mayflower  llth,  January  27, 

1919,  E.  S.  Dale,  $1,150;  Miss  Butterfly  2d,  November  26, 

1918,  E.  S.  Dale,  $1,125;  Emma  Searchlight,  July  7,  1919, 
H.  B.  Gaeddert,  Buhler,  Kans.,$l,150 ;  Bapton  Emma,  April 
20,  1919,  H.  L.  Burgess,  $1,375 ;  Narcissus  Gem  5th,  May  27, 

1919,  K.  G.  Gigstad,  $700 ;  Mysie  Baron,  July  3,  1919,  Cal 
Scott,   Hydro,   Okla.,   $650;   Fragrant 's   Last,   March   23, 
1919,    H.    B.    Gaeddert,    $1,500;    Imp.   Village   Diamond, 


148  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

December  5,  1910,  H.  T.  Blake,  Duncan,  Okla.,  $825; 
Imp.  Sweet  Fragrance,  May  24,  1916,  Albert  Hultine,  Sar- 
onville,  Neb.,  $2,400;  Imp.  Strathearn  Rose  and  cow  calf, 
April  10,  1916,  Henry  Adams,  Pond  Creek,  Okla.,  $1,200 ; 
Gladiolus  7th,  May  15,  1916,  E.  S.  Dale,  $1,025 ;  Imp.  Snow- 
drop, March  2,  1917,  Albert  Hultine,  $2,000 ;  Imp.  Snow- 
flake  and  cow  calf,  March  15,  1917,  Donald  Gunn,  Com- 
anche,  Okla.,  $1,400;  Wilda  Mysie,  May  15,  1917,  C.  M. 
Howard,  Hammond,  Kans.,  $775 ;  Roan  Alexandrina,  Nov- 
ember 7,  1917,  E.  J.  Haury,  $825;  Imp.  Strowan  Countess, 
March  24,  1918,  H.  T.  Blake,  $1,025 ;  Clara  83d,  October  4, 
1918,  Heberline  &  Scofield,  Ponca  City,  Okla.,  $900 ;  Clara 
85th,  October  15,  1918,  Carl  Scott  $1,025 ;  Clara  81st,  Aug- 
ust 22,  1918,  E.  S.  Dale,  $1,025;  Empress  2d,  April  18, 

1918,  C.  M.  Howard,  $600;  Dottie  Mysie,  June  22,  1918,  C. 
M.  Howard,  $650;  Imp.  Juliet,  September  12,  1918,  D.  B. 
Thieman,  Higginsville,  Mo.,  $800;  Quality  Lady  2d,  May 
27,  1918,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  Harper,  Kans.,  $600;  Flossie  2d, 
May  28, 1918,  E.  S.  Dale,  $525 ;  Lovely  Wane  Duchess,  July 
20,  1918,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $600;  Imp.  Vilette,  January  10, 

1919,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $775 ;  Imp.  Strowan  Sunstar,  March 
15,  1919,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $775 ;  Imp.  Marjory  2d,  January 
18,  1919,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $775 ;  Clara  82d,  September  12, 

1918,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $725 ;  Imp.  Snowdrift,  February  6, 

1919,  Albert  Hultine,  $1,100;  Imp.  Strathearn  Rose  3d, 
May  21, 1919,  D.  Wolfschlegel,  $775. 


SHORTHORN  PEDIGREES 

There  is  no  subject  connected  with  Shorthorns 
upon  which  I  have  been  asked  so  many  questions, 
as  the  one  of  pedigrees.  In  this  chapter  I  shall 
attempt  to  answer  some  of  the  questions  asked 
me  from  time  to  time  and  to  convey  an  idea  of 
what  a  pedigree  really  is.  Primarily  a  pedigree 
is  a  list  of  names  of  the  ancestors  of  an  animal. 
This  list  may  be  long  or  short.  What  we  mean  by 
a  Shorthorn  pedigree  is  a  document  giving  such 
information  concerning  an  animal  of  the  breed 
as  will  cause  its  acceptance  for  record  in  the 
American  herd  book.  This  is  what  you  obligate 
yourself  to  furnish  when  you  sell  a  pure  bred 
Shorthorn  and  this  is  what  you  receive  when  you 
buy  one. 

It  is  a  matter  of  custom  from  which  no  devia- 
tion should  be  tolerated,  that  the  seller  place  on 
record  the  pedigree  of  every  Shorthorn  he  sells 
except  when  he  sells  a  cow  with  a  calf  at  foot  in 
which  case  he  is  to  furnish  the  purchaser  an  ap- 
plication for  the  registry  of  the  calf  and  a  guar- 
antee that  such  application  will  be  recorded  on 
payment  of  the  registration  fee.  He  is  further 
obligated  to  make  out  and  have  recorded  a  cer- 
tificate of  transfer  for  any  animal  sold  which 
was  on  record  prior  to  the  time  of  sale. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  151 

In  case  he  sells  a  cow  or  heifer  carrying  a  calf 
at  the  time  of  sale  ho  must,  if  he  owned  such  fe- 
male at  the  time  she  was  bred,  furnish  the  man 
to  whom  he  sells  her,  a  registry  application  for 
such  calf  after  its  birth.  If  he  bought  her  after 
she  was  bred,  it  is  his  duty  to  get  such  application 
and  furnish  it  to  the  man  to  whom  he  sold  the  cow 
after  she  has  a  calf.  This  application  must  also 
be  signed  by  the  person  owning  the  cow  at  the 
time  the  calf  was  born.  It  is  then  sent  along  with 
the  customary  fee  to  the  American  Shorthorn 
Breeders  Association  for  record  and  in  due  time 
the  pedigree  in  regular  Association  form  is  sent 
the  owner  of  the  calf. 

Early  Pedigrees. — Volume  1  of  the  American 
herd  book  was  published  in  1846  and  it  records 
the  pedigrees  of  190  bulls  and  346  females.  Un- 
like the  later  volumes,  these  earlier  volumes  give 
all  the  known  crosses  of  bulls  either  under  the 
animal's  name  or  by  reference  to  some  other 
animal  recorded,  usually  in  the  same  volume. 
Some  of  the  pedigrees  are  very  short  on  an- 
cestry. For  instance  Fanny,  page  145  is  given 
as  follows:  "Roan;  bred  in  England  by  Mr. 
Trim  of  Lancashire;  imported  in  1904  and  the 
property  of  Dr.  John  A.  Pool,  Brunswick, 
New  Jersey;  calved  in  October  1836;  got  by 
Charley  (1817)  out  of  -  -."  This 

is  one  of  the  briefer  ones  and  was  recorded  on 
a  certificate  furnished  by  J.  C.  Etches,  a  well 


152  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

known  English  buyer,  stating  that  she  was  pure 
bred. 

Going  to  vol.  3  published  the  same  year  Mr. 
Tipton  brought  the  first  Shorthorn  to  Kansas, 
(1857),  we  find  the  bull,  York  recorded  as  fol- 
lows :  "  York  2396,  bred  in  Rensselear  Co.,  K  Y. ; 
got  by  Regent  899.  Interbred  from  the  Golden, 
Cox  and  Bullock  importations."  The  editor  of 
the  herd  book  evidently  had  no  positive  infor- 
mation beyond  the  locality  of  this  bull's  birth  and 
the  name  of  his  sire  and  it  may  be  well  ques- 
tioned whether  the  evidence  was  positive  even  as 
to  the  sire. 

This  is  one  extreme.  Here  is  another.  In  the 
same  volume  is  recorded  the  pedigree  of  Young 
Belvedere  2409.  His  pedigree  covers  one-third 
of  a  page  and  gives  the  ancestry  in  regulation 
Shorthorn  form  for  seventeen  generations.  A 
few  pedigrees  were  also  recorded  later  that  did 
not  trace  to  any  cow  imported  from  Great  Brit- 
ain. These  were  what  we  would  now  call  grades 
and  Mr.  Allen  justified  his  course  by  stating  that 
evidence  of  their  descent  from  pure  bred  stock 
had  been  furnished  him.  The  recording  of  these 
cattle  raised  such  a  storm  of  protest,  however, 
that  this  practice  was  not  repeated  and  the  des- 
cendants of  these  cows  so  recorded  were  popular- 
ly referred  to  as  tracing  to  the  "American 
Woods."  For  years,  until  1907,  ending  with 
vol.  69,  the  words  " Tracing  to  Imp."  were  given 


154  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

after  the  ancestry  in  each  pedigree  and,  as  it  was 
impossible  to  so  designate  the  pedigrees  of  these 
so-called  American  Woods  Shorthorns,  the  pedi- 
gree, immediately  after  the  name  of  the  last  an- 
cestor, ended  in  "etc."  This  designated  that 
they  did  not  trace  to  an  imported  cow  and  they 
were  discriminated  against  until  about  1890  and 
long  after  all  possible  non-Shorthorn  blood  had 
been  bred  out.  The  champions  of  these  cattle 
bred  from  a  possible  American  grade  foundation 
call  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  English  herd 
book  placed  on  record  animals  with  only  five 
recorded  crosses  to  which  the  American  purist 
promptly  responded  that  such  Shorthorns,  even 
if  bred  in  England,  traced  to  the  "English 
Woods. "  Thus  it  came  about  that  in  my  youth- 
ful days  we  heard  as  much  about  English  Woods 
and  American  Woods  as  we  do  now  about  equally 
foolish  or  more  foolish,  though  modern  discrim- 
inations. 

All  Shorthorns  originally  came  from  the  so- 
called  Shorthorn  country  in  England.  From 
this  cradle  of  the  breed  they  found  their  way  to 
America,  most  of  them  being  imported  between 
1817  and  1850.  They  were  also  taken  to  Scotland 
and  to  Ireland.  All  kinds  and  lengths  of  pedi- 
grees went  with  them  ranging  from  nothing  to 
some  almost  as  long  as  the  moral  law.  The  rank- 
est kind  of  pedigree  discrimination  prevailed, 
based  on  technicalities. which  would  now  seem 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


155 


ludicrous.  Sane  men  lost  their  heads  over  the 
possibility  of  a  concealed  cross  of  unfashionable 
blood.  I  recall  the  well  known  breeder  Chas.  E. 
Leonard's  telling  me  in  1883  that  he  would  be 


MB.  AND  MRS.  FREMONT  LEIDY 

afraid  to  buy  any  Shorthorns  without  first  hav- 
ing a  man  like  Col.  Muir  pass  on  the  pedigrees. 
Somewhere  in  my  attic  I  have  a  book  entitled 
"A  Kecord  of  Unfashionable  Crosses  in  Short- 
horn Pedigrees"  copies  of  which  many  leading- 
breeders  used  as  a  safeguard  against  the  possible 
contamination  of  their  herds.  This  condition 
obtained  with  more  or  less  force,  owing  to  local- 
ity, until  the  time  was  ripe  and  the  American 
Shorthorn  was  regenerated  by  the  then  unfash- 
ionable cattle  from  Scotland. 


156  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

It  would  be  the  height  of  folly  to  discriminate 
at  this  time  between  the  descendants  of  these 
cattle  of  the  seventies,  but  lest  any  man  be 
tempted  to  throw  a  stone  at  his  neighbor  I  might 
mention  that  some  of  the  very  best  of  Mr. 
Cruickshank  's  productions  were  closely  de- 
scended from  unregistered  cows  without  any 
sign  of  a  pedigree,  long  after  the  early  days  of 
the  breed.  The  rise  and  the  passing  of  the  pedi- 
gree discriminations  proves  conclusively  that 
real  merit  is  the  only  safe  and  permanent  foun- 
dation upon  which  to  build. 

As  stated  before,  the  English  herd  book  re- 
cords cattle  as  Shorthorns  if  they  have  five 
crosses  of  recorded  Shorthorn  blood.  As  long  as 
we  buy  imported  Shorthorns  at  big  prices  we  ad- 
mit that  the  breeders  are  at  least  the  equals  if 
not  the  peers  of  those  in  America  and  that  this 
rule  which  has  been  in  force  since  British  breed- 
ers began  recording  Shorthorns  has  done  them 
no  harm.  If  we  care  to  be  consistent  we  can  not 
well  stop  to  quibble  about  what  went  into  a  pedi- 
gree long  years  ago.  It  is  not  my  intention  to 
say  anything  that  might  be  construed  as  in  favor 
of  any  particular  line  of  breeding  or  against  it, 
and  if  any  one  is  inclined  to  so  construe  what 
I  say  I  shall  be  sorry.  My  object  is  to  furnish 
information,  leaving  all  to  draw  their  own  con- 
clusions. 

"Scotch". — While  this  is  a  word  of  only  one 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  157 

syllable  and  six  letters  yet,  in  Shorthorn  circles, 
it  is  one  of  the  most  used  and  abused  of  words  in 
the  English  language.  It  is  given  the  widest 
possible  meaning  and  at  the  same  time  restricted 
to  the  narrowest  construction  of  any  word  I  have 
ever  heard  used.  It  has  become  a  synonym  for 
the  type  of  cattle  without  regard  to  the  pedigree 
on  the  one  hand  and  for  a  form  of  pedigree  with- 
out regard  to  type  of  cattle  on  the  other  hand. 
It  has  been  rolled  out  of  the  mouths  of  many  as  a 
choice  morsel  when  they  knew  little  of  its  signifi- 
cance. Like  unto  the  famous  " Bates"  of  the 
seventies  it  has  been  used  by  speculators  to  un- 
load unworthy  specimens  of  a  great  breed  of 
cattle  on  dupes  and  the  victims  of  its  unworthy 
use  walk  up  and  down  the  highways  and  byways 
of  the  Shorthorn  kingdom  fondly  hugging  to 
their  bosoms  the  delusion  that  because  of  this 
magic  word  their  cattle  must  be  good. 

Origin  of  the  Term. — When  the  rest  of  the 
Shorthorn  world  had  gone  pedigree  crazy,  there- 
by ruining  their  cattle,  there  were  left  a  few 
breeders  in  the  bleak  country  around  Aberdeen- 
shire  in  Scotland  that  had  bred  cattle  with  only 
one  object  in  view,  namely,  practical  utility. 
These  men  had  perhaps  not  associated  quite  so 
closely  with  the  outside  world  as  had  the  leaders 
of  the  trade  in  England  and  America  and  possi- 
bly for  that  reason  had  not  succumbed  to  pedi- 
gree speculation  in  order  to  build  up  a  high 


158  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

selling  value  on  their  product.  It  had  doubtless 
come  to  their  ears  that  their  cattle  were  "  plain 
bred"  and  that  it  would  be  an  outrage  to  cross 
bulls  from  their  herds  with  cows  bred  up  by  the 
use  of  the  unf ashionably  bred  Bates  bulls.  Un- 
dismayed by  taunts  and  threats  of  failure,  these 
old  Scotchmen  and  their  few  disciples  in 
America  pursued  the  even  tenor  of  their  ways. 

At  the  critical  time  when  the  masses  of  the 
fashionably  bred  Shorthorns  lacked  everything 
worth  while  except  a  pedigree  of  ancient  but 
fallen  greatness  and  were  in  danger  of  being 
cast  aside  by  the  Angus  and  Herefords  as  un- 
worthy of  being  perpetuated,  these  plain  bred 
bulls  from  Scotland,  thrown  together  indiscrim- 
inately, according  to  the  devotees  of  fashion,  and 
coming  from  the  edge  of  the  jumping-off  place 
of  the  universe,  appeared  to  rescue  the  breed. 
Possessing  every  essential  for  the  work  except  a 
popular  pedigree,  they  wrought  a  regeneration 
in  American  and  English  Shorthorns  such  as 
had  not  been  dreamed  of  before.  First  under  the 
name  of  Cruickshank,  the  acknowledged  leader 
of  the  clan,  and  later  as  Scotch  cows  and  Scotch 
bulls  they  did  the  work  so  rapidly  and  effectual- 
ly that  within  less  than  ten  years  they  became 
the  aristocracy  of  the  Shorthorn  world.  And  so 
the  term  "  Scotch"  became  one  to  conjure  with, 
for  it  represented  a  type  of  cattle  superior  to 
anything  yet  seen.  How  the  names  of  these  old 


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159 


breeders  thrill  us  now !  Cruickshank  and  Camp- 
bell and  Marr  and  Bruce  in  Scotland  and  David- 
son and  Potts  and  Pickrell  and  Kissinger  in 
America;  and  the  more  youthful  members  led 


H.  o.  PECK 

Wellington 


H.  B.  GAEDDERT 
Buhler 


by  the  immortal  trio,  Duthie  in  Scotland,  Dean 
Willis  in  England  and  W.  A.  Harris  of  Kansas 
and  the  American  nation.  How  we  like  to  see 
these  names  in  a  pedigree,  for  we  know  that 
it  means  real  merit,  not  ancient  ancestry  and 
paper  glory.  To  these  men  of  immortal  renown 
the  world  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  which  it  can 
repay  only  by  caring  well  for  the  heritage  left  by 
them. 

The  fame  of  these  cattle  coming  from  Scotch 


160  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

breeders  gradually  extended  to  all  the  herds  of 
Scotland  and  later  to  those  of  entire  Great  Brit- 
ain. There  are  scarcely  any  Shorthorns  that 
have  not  felt  the  benefits  of  this  good  blood  and 
by  far  the  greater  number  of  all  Shorthorns  are 
in  blood  lines  practically  Scotch.  Cattle  coming 
from  Great  Britain  are  being  generally  accepted 
as  Scptch  and  justly  so.  While  the  greater  num- 
ber of  British  Shorthorns  do  not  descend  in  the 
maternal  line  from  cows  bred  in  these  Scotch 
herds,  yet  it  is  a  fact  that  in  many  cases  both  in 
Europe  and  in  America  the  Shorthorns  produced 
by  crossing  these  good  Scotch  bulls  on  the  Eng- 
lish and  American  cows  have  become  so  filled 
with  this  Scotch  blood  that  in  essentials  as  well 
as  in  non-essentials  they  are  of  one  type,  one  fam- 
ily and  one  breed  with  the  cattle  that  crossed  the 
ocean  since  the  early  eighties. 

Scotch  Stands  for  a  Type. — Assuming  that 
Scotch  in  Shorthorns  stands  for  a  type,  and  no 
one  even  fairly  familiar  with  the  facts  in  the  case 
will  attempt  to  deny  this,  it  becomes  immaterial 
whether  our  Shorthorns  that  are  being  imported 
come  from  England  or  Ireland  or  Scotland.  So 
long  as  they  are  well  loaded  with  the  blood  of  the 
cattle  that  saved  the  breed,  and  are  good  repre- 
sentatives of  their  race  we  can  accept  them.  Im- 
porters and  the  buying  public  recognize  the  cor- 
rectness of  this  principle  and  at  present  practic- 
ally all  imported  animals  are  sold  on  their  merits 


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as  individuals,  there  being  little  discrimination 
on  account  of  the  point  of  origin. 

A  Contrast. — For  years  the  two  great  political 
parties  of  the  United  States  made  ugly  faces  at 
each  other  over  what  was  then  known  as  "  pro- 
tection to  American  industry."  The  substance 
of  this  was  that  both  parties  wanted  legal  enact- 
ments to  give  the  American  producer  sufficient 
advantage  in  trade  over  foreign  producers  to  vir- 
tually allow  the  American  production  suprem- 
acy. The  only  question  was  how  much  and 
for  want  of  other  " burning  issues"  the  parties 
divided  on  the  amount. 

American  Shorthorn  breeders  do  not  seem  to 
be  of  this  same  calibre  for  they  very  generously 
accept  an  animal  at  a  big  price,  if  it  comes  across 
the  water,  while  an  equally  good  American  bred 
one  with  equally  good  or  better  pedigree  and  per- 
haps more  individual  merit  and  more  real  Scotch 
blood  is  not  even  considered  worthy  to  do  service 
in  a  pure  bred  herd.  This,  of  course,  is  pedigree 
discrimination  of  the  rankest  sort  and  leads  to  a 
limitation  of  choice  which  should  not  exist  but 
which  suits  the  speculative  element  perfectly. 

Scotch  or  Scotch  Topped. — Almost  daily  I 
am  asked  "How  can  I  tell  whether  an  animal  is 
Scotch  or  not?"  From  the  preceding  state- 
ments it  may  be  correctly  inferred  that  the  very 
great  majority  of  Shorthorns  belong  in  the 
Scotch  class  as  far  as  blood  lines  are  concerned 


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for  they  are  all  well  filled  with  the  blood  that 
made  Scotch  cattle  famous.  On  the  other  hand 
the  minority,  only,  belong  in  the  Scotch  class 


COLLEGE  EMMA 

A  ' '  Butterfly ' '  with  a  milk  record  of  more  than  7000  pounds.   She  is 
the  dam  of  the  first  prize  junior  yearling  steer  at  the  Inter- 
national  Live   Stock   Show   1919.     Owned   by  the 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 

as  far  as  type  and  merit  go  for  only  the  fewer 
members  would  be  acceptable  to  the  old  Scotch- 
men who  gave  the  world  these  cattle.  But  that  is 
not  the  answer  my  questioner  desires.  He  wants 
to  know  how  to  distinguish  so-called  Scotch 
Shorthorns  from  so-called  Scotch  topped  ones. 
The  term,  Scotch  pedigree,  as  applied  in 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  163 

America  some  years  ago  meant  an  animal  de- 
scended in  the  maternal  as  well  as  the  paternal 
line  from  a  cow  bred  in  Scotland.  As  interpreted 
now  it  seems  to  me  it  means  one  descended  in  the 
maternal  line  from  a  Scotch  bred  cow  or  from  a 
cow  imported  from  Great  Britain,  provided  the 
imported  cow  appears  within  five  or  six  crosses 
from  the  top.  It  is  also  a  provision  of  the  accept- 
ance of  such  pedigrees  as  Scotch  that  the  bulls 
used  in  the  crosses  above  the  imported  cow  come 
within  this  Scotch  classification  or  that  any  de- 
viation from  such  classification  be  not  easily  dis- 
covered. 

A  Scotch  topped  Shorthorn  exists  only  in  the 
United  States  and  possibly  in  Canada.  Its  pedi- 
gree shows  an  animal  whose  maternal  ancestors 
were  bred  in  America  and  that  generally  has 
from  two  to  eight  crosses  of  Scotch  bulls  at  the 
top  of  the  pedigree.  The  imported  cow  came 
from  England  to  the  United  States  in  most  cases 
prior  to  1880  instead  of  going  first  to  Scotland 
and  then  to  the  United  States  or  coming  from 
England  in  the  last  ten  or  twenty  years.  It  is 
hard  to  lay  down  a  rule  which  will  allow  the 
average  man  to  tell  with  any  certainty  in  which 
classification  the  pedigree  belongs,  even  if  he 
had  a  list  of  all  the  imported  cows  so  that  he 
could  tell  at  a  glance  whether  the  imported  cow 
came  from  Great  Britain  and  when  she  came 
over.  There  still  remains  the  uncertainty  as  to 


164  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  top  crosses  of  bulls.  Barring  this  uncertain- 
ty, in  most  cases  all  Shorthorns  that  trace  to  an 
imported  cow  whose  name  is  one  of  the  first 
eight  mentioned  in  the  present  association  form, 
may  generally  be  accepted  as  passing  for  Scotch, 
but  this  rule  is  not  absolute.  To  determine  the 
accepted  classification  a  positive  knowledge  of 
the  imported  cow  and  the  bulls  above  her  or  a 
resort  to  the  herd  books  for  investigation  is  nec- 
essary. 

Straight  Scotch.— Often  I  am  asked  whether 
an  animal  is  straight  Scotch  or  as  some  say 
"pure  Scotch."  I  do  not  believe  those  who  ask 
this  question  mean  what  they  say.  What  they 
really  mean  is  this,  "Is  the  pedigree  one  that  will 
be  generally  accepted  as  Scotch?"  The  answer 
to  this  question  is  found  in  the  preceding. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  taking  the  accepted 
Scotch  blood  introduced  from  the  Cruickshank 
herd  and  other  good  herds  and  which  is  the  basis 
for  our  present  Scotch  cattle,  practically  all  have 
been  outcrossed  to  their  great  advantage. 

Col.  Harris  did  this  with  his  herd,  the  greatest 
Scotch  herd  in  America.  Mr.  Duthie,  Scotland's 
greatest  breeder,  used  outcrosses.  So  did  Dean 
Willis  in  England  with  the  original  herd  coming 
from  Mr.  Cruickshank 's.  An  example  of  t!;.e 
work  of  Col.  Harris  with  his  Scotch  cattle  is 
found  in  his  Golden  Drops,  all  of  which  came 
from  Norton's  Golden  Drop,  a  cow  by  the  Bates 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  165 

bull,  imp.  TJnderley  Wild  Eyes.  The  bull,  Gold- 
en Knight,  extensively  used  in  the  Linwood  herd, 
was  out  of  Norton's  Golden  Drop  and  Golden 


A  FIEST-CLASS  SHORTHORN  COW  THAT  AS  A  TWO-YEAR- 
OLD  HAD  A  MILK  RECORD  OF  ALMOST 
6,000  POUNDS. 

Lord,  the  last  bull  Col.  Harris  used,  was  one  of 
the  outcrossed  Golden  Drops.  Mr.  Harding  tells 
us  that  Whitehall  Sultan  had  a  Bates  cross  near 
the  top  of  his  pedigree  and  we  know  the  same  is 
true  of  Choice  Goods.  In  view  of  the  fact  that 
the  leading  Shorthorn  herds  in  America  are  full 
of  the  blood  of  one  or  the  other  or  both  of  these 
two  noted  bulls  and  that  neither  of  them  was  of 


166  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

purely  Scotch  lineage  it  would  seem  foolish  to 
harp  on  straight  or  pure  Scotch.  In  fact  there 
is  nothing  gained  by  figuring  on  a  proposition 
so  devoid  of  common  sense  and  so  barren  of  good 
results. 

Fads. — We  have  always  had  fads  in  pedigrees 
and  we  shall  always  have  them,  in  some  cases  to 
the  detriment  of  the  breed.  The  American  people 
are  by  nature  and  inclination  somewhat  given  to 
fads  and  the  Shorthorn  breeders  are  not  immune 
to  the  national  evil.  Shorthorn  fads  began  in  the 
days  of  the  Collings  and  continued  faithfully 
through  the  days  of  Bates  and  Booth  and  came  to 
America  with  the  importations  beginning  in 
1836.  On  their  trail  were  found  pedigree  dis- 
criminations of  the  rankest  sort.  Seventeens, 
Red  Rose  by  Ernesty  and  a  hundred  and  one 
equally  nonsensical  terms  were  heralded  as 
abominations.  The  Duchess  blood  alone  offered 
all  saving  grace,  followed  by  the  other  Bates 
tribes  and  the  man  who  did  not  possess  funds 
or  sufficient  credit,  sometimes  much  strained,  to 
buy  one  of  these  precious  specimens  could  still  be 
near  the  extreme  outer  edge  of  the  circle  if  he 
conjured  with  the  Renick  Rose  of  Sharons. 

And  so  the  bubble  grew  and  gathered  volume 
until  with  the  arrival  of  Scotch  Shorthorns  and 
the  Heref  ords  and  the  Angus  it  burst  altogether 
and  the  elegant  Duchesses  and  Oxfords  and  Rose 
of  Sharons  took  their  places  along  with  the  Mrs. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  167 

Mottes  and  the  Brittanias  and  the  despised  sorts 
from  the  "American  Woods."  Those  who  now 
deplore  the  fact  that  there  are  fads  and  discrim- 
inations should  have  been  in  touch  with  Short- 
horns from  1870  to  1883  and  they  would  have 
seen  the  faddist  abroad  in  the  land  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  by  comparison  the  Shorthorn  breeders 
of  this  day  seem  quite  conservative. 

I  believe  the  breed  is  more  nearly  free  from 
fads  and  rank  discriminations  than  it  has  been 
for  fifty  years.  It  is  true,  pedigree  propositions 
are  made  in  the  United  States  that  on  their  face 
are  extremely  ridiculous,  but  these  ridiculous 
discriminations  will  always  be  made  not  only  in 
Shorthorn  pedigrees  but  also  in  every  other  line 
of  human  endeavor  as  is  daily  evidenced  in  the 
clothing  and  shoe  market. 

True  Worth  Only  in  Merit. — It  is  a  homely 
but  a  true  proverb  that  every  dog  has  his  day  and 
this  is  annually  exemplified  in  our  changing 
styles  of  dress.  In  the  architecture  of  our  homes 
the  change  is  more  gradual  as  also  is  the  case  in 
Shorthorn  pedigrees.  Let  no  man  so  far  delude 
himself  or  attempt  to  deceive  his  neighbor  as  to 
preach  the  permanency  of  anything  in  Short- 
horns except  real  individual  merit  for  that  is  the 
only  thing  that  can  stand  the  test  of  time.  I  have 
no  quarrel  with  the  man  who,  to  gratify  his 
fancy,  pays  several  times  as  much  for  an  animal 
because  of  certain  blood  lines  as  he  would  pay  if 


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the  pedigree  were  somewhat  differently  written. 
That  is  his  privilege  and  if  the  animal  is  a  worthy 
representative  of  the  breed  no  possible  harm  can 
come  from  such  action.  The  statement  occasion- 


OWEN  ONEILL 
Windom 


A.  W.  JACOB 
Valley  Center 


ally  made  that  it  is  a  discrimination  against 
Shorthorns  otherwise  bred  seems  to  me  absurd. 
If  there  is  any  observable  effect  from  the  paying 
of  high  prices,  which  is  largely  the  game  of  the 
rich  men  or  of  the  breeders  who  are  in  a  position 
to  secure  their  trade  or  of  the  speculator  whose 
game  is  to  unload  on  the  rich,  it  is  that  general 
Shorthorn  values  are  at  least  stimulated  thereby. 
A  wide  range  of  observation  at  numerous  public 
sales  has  convinced  me  that  every  animal  sold  for 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  169 

an  unusually  high  price  in  such  sale  helped  the 
selling  price  of  the  entire  offering. 

Where  the  Danger  Lies. — There  is  a  danger 
point  in  the  purchase  of  Shorthorns  of  fashion- 
able pedigrees  which  can  not  help  being  an  in- 
jury to  the  breed  and  which  should  be  a  discredit 
to  any  breeder  who  encourages  it.  It  lies  in  the 
selling  of  these  fashionables  for  breeding  pur- 
poses at  high  prices,  when  they  are  not  good  indi- 
viduals. We  have  all  seen  this  done  both  at  pub- 
lic sale  and  at  private  treaty.  Cattle  of  approved 
Scotch  pedigrees  without  merit  enough  to  be 
classed  as  even  fairly  good  have  sold  for  possibly 
double  the  amount  required  to  buy  an  excellent 
Scotch  topped  animal,  frequently  having  a 
stronger  infusion  of  good  Scotch  blood  than  the 
fashionably  bred  one.  In  this  case  the  purchaser 
is  either  a  victim  of  a  false  idea  of  the  value  of 
pedigrees  or  he  is  a  speculator  who  intends  to 
unload  on  an  unsuspecting  buyer.  The  usual  re- 
sult of  such  purchase  is  that  the  man  who  makes 
it  has  a  poor  herd,  when  for  less  money  he  might 
have  had  a  good  one.  Then  there  is  another  con- 
sideration which  should  discourage  such  pur- 
chases. Not  every  one  is  in  a  position  to  sell  at  a 
price  above  that  justified  by  the  real  merit  of  the 
individual  and  the  real  merit  of  its  immediate 
ancestry. 

What  is  a  Good  Pedigree. — There  can  be  only 
one  answer  to  this.  Good  is  the  opposite  of  bad. 


170  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

The  pedigree  being  merely  the  names  of  the  an- 
cesters  of  the  animal  pedigreed,  it  follows  that 
the  pedigree  will  be  good  if  the  animals  that  go 
to  make  up  the  pedigree  were  good.  If  they  were 
not  good  it  is  folly  to  call  the  pedigree  good  no 
matter  how  fashionable  or  high  priced  it  is.  Re- 
versing this  proposition,  if  a  good  Shorthorn  in- 
dividual is  from  good  Shorthorn  ancestry  up  to 
ninety  per  cent  or  more  of  its  blood  lines,  no  pos- 
sible argument  could  be  produced  that  would 
make  any  sane  man  really  believe  that  such  pedi- 
gree was  not  a  good  one.  To  call  it  bad  would  be 
to  cast  aside  the  common  use  of  the  English  lan- 
guage and  to  call  the  pedigree  good  if  the  imme- 
diate ancestry  consisting  of  thirty  animals  were 
good,  bad  and  indifferent  would  be  equally 
inconsistent,  even  though  the  animal  sold  for 
thousands. 

The  Value  of  the  Pedigree. — The  commercial 
value  of  all  pure  bred  and  registered  stock  above 
the  price  such  animals  would  bring  as  grades  lies 
in  the  pedigree.  This  being  the  case  it  behooves 
every  one  breeding  Shorthorns  to  make  the  pedi- 
gree good  and  that  means  first  of  all  select  a  good 
cow  descended  from  good  ancestry,  then  use  only 
an  extra  good  bull  from  extra  good  ancestry.  A 
few  hundred  dollars  more  or  less  paid  for  a  bull 
is  not  so  much  of  a  factor  in  the  case  as  is  the 
merit  and  ancestry  of  the  bull  himself.  One  can 
buy  a  cow  with  a  good  pedigree  but  unless  the 


X 


172  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

bull  is  right  in  all  essentials  he  is  putting  bad  in- 
to the  pedigree  of  the  calf.  If  the  pedigree  of  the 
cow  is  not  just  what  it  should  be  it  can  soon  be 
made  so  by  the  use  of  good  bulls  but  a  mistake  in 
the  bull  is  very  serious  and  affects  every  calf  he 
sires.  Do  not  use  a  bull  of  the  wrong  type  or 
from  the  wrong  kind  of  ancestry  no  matter  how 
cheaply  he  can  be  bought  or  how  good  he  looks, 
for  the  wrong  kind  of  a  bull  will  spoil  the  whole 
herd.  The  bull  is  the  secret  of  making  and  keep- 
ing the  pedigree  and  the  individual  good  or  bad. 

The  Term  "Plain  Bred". — I  can  not  close  this 
chapter  without  calling  attention  to  the  misuse  of 
the  term  " plain  bred"  as  applied  to  Shorthorns. 
I  am  quite  sure  many  cattle  of  this  breed  and  of 
all  other  breeds  are  " plain  bred"  but  to  classify 
those  descended  from  Scotch  or  later  day  British 
importations  as  well  bred  and  those  descended 
from  earlier  importations  as  plain  bred  is  a  tra- 
vesty on  common  sense,  and  an  insult  to  the  in- 
telligence of  any  self-respecting  American  citi- 
zen. 

As  before  stated,  the  pedigree  of  a  Shorthorn 
is  only  a  list  of  names  of  the  ancestry  of  an  ani- 
mal. What  the  individual  merit  of  the  ancestors 
of  this  animal  were  as  beef  producers  makes  the 
pedigree.  If  the  immediate  ancestry  of  the  ani- 
mal pedigreed  was  of  the  plain,  common  sort 
of  individuals  it  is  a  plain  pedigree  even  if  it 
descends  through  fashionable  crosses  to  a 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


173 


Cruickshank  Duchess  of  Gloster,  for  a  plain  or 
medium  Shorthorn  can  not  be  called  anything 
else  than  plain  even  in  a  pedigree.  If,  however, 
the  immediate  ancestry  of  the  animal  were  excel- 


MISS  FLOEENCE  LAUDE       MISS  MARGUERITE  STANLEY 
Daughter  of  the  author,  .who  as-     Who  determined  Harper  county 
sisted    in    arrangement    and    re-     should  have  a  Shorthorn  Breeders 
vision  of  copy  for  A  History  of     Association  though  she  must  con- 
Shorthorns  in  Kansas.  stitute  the  entire  membership. 

lent  individuals  it  cannot  be  called  anything  but 
a  good  pedigree  and  any  attempt  to  discredit  an 
animal  so  bred  by  calling  it  plain  bred  and  by 
dwelling  on  the  excellent  pedigree  of  the  first 
mentioned  class  shows  either  woeful  ignorance 
or  an  attempt  to  deceive.  Let  us  call  things  what 
they  are  and  remember  that  real  merit  is  the  only 
true  standard  of  worth  or  excellence  even  in 
Shorthorn  pedigrees. 


KANSAS  SHORTHORN  ORGANIZATIONS 

The  first  Kansas  State  Shorthorn  Breeders 
Association  was  organized  in  about  1884.  W.  S. 
White  of  Sabetha  was  one  of  the  first  presidents 
if  not  the  first  and  E.  M.  Shelton,  then  Professor 
of  Agriculture  in  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College,  was  secretary.  Col.  W.  A.  Harris  was 
the  leading  promoter  of  the  organization  which 
for  a  few  years  had  a  large  membership.  The 
hard  times  and  low  prices  of  the  late  eighties 
overcame  the  enthusiasm  of  the  members  and  the 
association  held  its  last  meeting  at  Topeka  in 
December  1887.  A  notable  event  of  this  last 
meeting  was  the  advocacy  by  Col.  Harris  of  some 
form  of  registration  which  would  indicate  the 
quality  of  the  animal  recorded  if  it  were 
of  extraordinary  merit.  The  suggestion  he 
made  was  to  adopt  a  standard  for  size, 
general  conformation  and  regard  for  true 
Shorthorn  type  with  apparent  practical  util- 
ity and  to  indicate  with  a  star  placed  before 
the  name  in  the  American  herd  book  such  ani- 
mals as  had  successfully  passed  this  inspection. 
A  very  lively  discussion  followed  and  in  this 
meeting  originated  the  remark  that  Col.  Harris 
was  leader  of  the  progressive  element  among 
Shorthorn  breeders.  Although  a  strong  sentiment 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


175 


developed  for  the  plan  it  was  not  strong  enough 
to  carry  through  a  resolution  asking  that 
something  be  done  along  this  line.  The  first 
state  association  left  no  record  of  achievement, 


w.  A.  COCHEL 

Eepresenting  the  American 
Shorthorn  Breeders  Ass  'n. 


G.  A.  LAUDE 

Secretary  Kansas  Shorthorn 
Breeders  Association. 


its  meetings  having  been  purely  social  and  edu- 
cational. Few  of  the  members  of  the  organiza- 
tion are  now  living. 

The  present  state  Shorthorn  breeders  associ- 
ation was  organized  at  Wichita  more  than  thirty- 
one  years  after  the  death  of  its  predecessor.  It 
was  at  the  time  of  the  Kansas  National  Show  in 
1919  that  about  thirty  breeders  met  at  Park  E. 
Salter's  office  on  the  night  following  the 
Shorthorn  sale  and,  after  electing  Mr.  Salter 


176  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

temporary  chairman  and  G.  A.  Laude  temporary 
secretary,  effected  an  organization  by  the  elec- 
tion of  the  following-named  officers :  President, 
Park  E.  Salter,  Wichita ;  Secretary-treasurer,  G. 
A.  Laude,  Humboldt;  Executive  Committee, 
Park  E.  Salter,  Chairman;  John  R.  Tomson, 
Dover;  W.  A.  Cochel,  Manhattan;  H.  M.  Hill, 
Laf ontaine  and  Fremont  Leidy,  Leon. 

Unlike  the  first  association,  the  new  organiza- 
tion went  to  work  and  at  this  initial  meeting  two 
hours  were  taken  up  in  making  arrangements 
for  the  publication  of  this  history.  The  work 
proper  was  left  with  the  secretary  under  the 
direction  of  the  executive  committee.  It  was  de- 
cided to  meet  at  the  Agricultural  College  on  Com- 
mencement day,  after  wThich  the  meeting  ad- 
journed. The  meeting  at  Manhattan  was  held 
June  5, 1919  and  it  was  here  that  the  low  price  of 
two  dollars  for  membership  fee  was  fixed. 
Thirty  members  were  enrolled  putting  the  first 
cash,  $60,  into  the  treasury.  The  matter  of  hold- 
ing an  association  sale  was  discussed  and  it  was 
decided  that  about  fifty  high-class  cattle  be  sold 
at  the  college  some  time  in  May  or  June  1920 
under  the  management  of  Dr.  C.  W.  McCamp- 
bell,  head  of  the  Department  of  Animal  Hus- 
bandry. Mr.  F.  S.  Kirk,  manager  of  the  Kansas 
National  Show,  offered  a  silver  loving  cup  to  the 
county  having  the  largest  number  of  paid  mem- 
bers reported  by  evening  of  Shorthorn  day  at  the 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  177 

Wichita  Show  in  1920.  The  next  day  Park  E. 
Salter  offered  twenty-five  copies  of  the  future 
Kansas  Shorthorn  history  to  the  county  having 
second  largest  membership  and,  on  behalf  of  the 
association,  the  secretary  offered  $10  in  cash  for 
the  county  third  in  line.  The  membership  con- 
test was  started  December  15,  and  resulted  in 
first  prize  going  to  Allen  county,  second  prize  to 
Montgomery  county  and  third  prize  to  Osage 
county. 

The  association  sale  was  held  in  the  pavilion  at 
the  college,  consignments  having  been  made  by 
twenty-six  leading  breeders  of  the  state,  all  of 
whose  herds  are  given  space  in  this  book.  A  top 
price  of  $3900  was  secured  for  College  Duchess 
2d,  a  six-year-old  roan  cow  by  Matchless  Dale 
that  sold  with  a  white  bull  calf  by  Magruder  at 
foot.  The  pair  was  consigned  by  the  Kansas 
State  Agricultural  College  and  went  to  Sni-A- 
Bar  Farm,  Grain  Valley,  Missouri.  Tomson 
Bros,  sold  the  highest  priced  bull  at  $1025  to 
Meall  Bros.,  Cawker  City  and  Jacob  Nelson  of 
Clay  county  was  a  close  second  with  a  white  year- 
ling that  went  to  a  Leavenworth  county  neigh- 
borhood Shorthorn  breeders  association. 

Immediately  after  the  sale  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  association  was  held,  when  officers  were 
elected  as  follows:  President,  John  R.  Tomson, 
Dover ;  Vice-president,  Park  E.  Salter,  Wichita ; 
Secretary-treasurer,  G.  A.  Laude,  Humboldt. 


178  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

No  change  was  made  in  the  executive  committee. 
The  do-something  spirit  was  again  manifest  at 
this  meeting.  The  president  was  instructed  to 
file  copy  of  constitution  with  Secretary  Mohler 
which  step  completed  the  affiliation  of  the 
association  with  the  Kansas  State  Board  of  Agri- 
culture. He  was  also  instructed  to  confer  with 
tlie  other  state  pure  bred  organizations  with  a 
view  toward  presenting  to  the  state  tax  commis- 
sion a  plea  for  a  uniform  and  equitable  assess- 
ment of  pure  bred  stock  in  Kansas.  The  execu- 
tive committee  was  instructed  to  investigate  the 
feasibility  of  employing  a  competent  man  to  de- 
vote his  whole  time  to  developing  Shorthorn  in- 
terests in  Kansas.  The  committee  was  also  to  de- 
vise means  for  meeting  the  expense  of  such  plan 
and  to  take  steps  toward  putting  it  into  effect  as 
soon  as  practicable.  It  was  decided  to  hold  an- 
other sale  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege in  1921. 

The  association  now  has  375  paid  members  and 
it  is  one  of  the  most  active  organizations  of  its 
kind  in  the  United  States. 

DISTRICT  ASSOCIATIONS 

(As  reported  to  October  1,  1920.) 

Eastern  Kansas. — A.  L.  Johnston,  Ottawa, 
president;  F.  Joe  Bobbins,  Ottawa,  secretary- 
treasurer  ;  place  of  business,  Ottawa. 

Southeast  Kansas. — Wesley  Jewell,  Hum- 
boldt,  president;  F.  B.  Campbell,  Altamont, 


SILVER  CUP  AWARDED  ALLEN  COUNTY  FOR  THE  LARGEST 

MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE  KANSAS  SHORTHORN 

BREEDERS  ASSOCIATION. 


180  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

secretary-treasurer;  place  of  business,  Inde- 
pendence. 

Northwest  Kansas. — T.  M.  Willson,  Lebanon, 
president;  Forrest  Booker,  Beloit,  secretary- 
treasurer  ;  place  of  business,  Concordia. 

Inter-state. — L.  D.  Hayes,  Bronson,  Kansas, 
president ;  E.  H.  Westf all,  Richards,  Mo.,  secre- 
tary ;  serves  territory  around  Fort  Scott ;  places 
of  business,  Fort  Scott,  Kans.  and  Nevada,  Mo. 

Northeast  Kansas. — T.  J.  Sands,  Eobinson, 
president ;  C.  O.  Dimmock,  Hiawatha,  secretary ; 
place  of  business,  Hiawatha. 

Peabody  District. — O.  A.  Homan,  Peabody, 
secretary;  serves  territory  around  Peabody; 
places  of  business,  NewTton  and  Peabody. 

Cherokee-Crawford. — Ervin  Evans,  Colum- 
bus, president;  B.  F.  Barnes,  Columbus,  secre- 
tary; serves  Cherokee  and  Crawford  counties; 
place  of  business,  Columbus. 

Blue  Valley. — John  O'Kane,  Blue  Eapids, 
president;  J.  M.  Melson,  Marysville,  secretary: 
serves  Big  and  Little  Blue  Valleys  and  into 
Nebraska ;  place  of  business,  Marysville. 

COUNTY  ASSOCIATIONS 

Allen. — J.  H.  Holcomb,  Humboldt,  president ; 
S.  M.  Knox,  Humboldt,  secretary. 

Chase. — W.  J.  Sayre,  Cedar  Point,  president ; 
Frank  H.  Yeager,  Bazaar,  secretary. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  181 

Cof f ey. — C.  H.  White,  Burlington,  president ; 
J.  H.  McAdams,  Burlington,  secretary. 

Comanche. — H.  W.  Estes,  Sitka,  president;  E. 
S.  Dale,  Protection,  secretary. 

Greenwood. — H.  G.  Brookover,  Eureka,  presi- 
dent ;  Claude  Lovett,  Neal,  secretary. 

Harper. — John  B.  Potter,  Harper,  president : 
Miss  Marguerite  V.  Stanley,  Anthony,  secretary. 

Leavenworth. — Geo.  S.  Marshall,  Basehor, 
president;  C.  A.  Spencer,  Leavenworth,  secre- 
tary. 

Linn. — E.  C.  Smith,  Pleasanton,  secretary. 

Lyon. — E.  H.  Abraham,  Emporia,  president; 
I.  T.  Richardson,  Emporia,  secretary. 

Osage. — James  G.  Tomson,  Wakarusa,  presi- 
dent ;  V.  A.  Jasperson,  Scranton,  secretary. 


AUCTIONEERS  WHO  SELL  KANSAS 
SHORTHORNS 

H.  L.  Burgess,  Chelsea,  Oklahoma. — Col.  Bur- 
gess is  not  only  an  auctioneer  but  for  years  he  has 
been  operating  a  fine  farm  and  keeping  some 
elegant  Shorthorns.  He  is  well  known  as  the 
man  who  owned  and  advertised  the  $10000  2d 
Fair  Acres  Sultan,  one  of  the  best  bulls  of  the 
breed  and  the  highest  priced  bull  ever  sold  at 
public  sale  in  Kansas.  Col.  Burgess  is  100  per 
cent  efficiency  and  his  services  are  in  demand  in 
Illinois,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Oklahoma, 
Texas  and  Colorado.  He  is  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful men  of  his  profession  in  the  territory  and 
is  booked  for  many  Shorthorn  sales  in  Kansas. 

P.  M.  Gross,  Kansas  City. — Col.  Gross  is  a 
Missourian  who  for  many  years  was  a  leading 
authority  on  horse  and  mule  sales,  and  has  trans- 
ferred his  activities  to  Shorthorns.  He  is  the 
acknowledged  orator  in  the  profession  and  dur- 
ing the  recent  Red  Cross  campaigns  he  caused 
men  to  weep,  who  perhaps  had  never  wept  be- 
fore. Gross  is  so  likable  that  when  he  looks  at 
you  and  smiles,  asking  you  for  a  ten  dollar  raise 
you  hate  to  refuse  him.  He  is  getting  all  the 
work  he  can  handle  and  is  always  booked  well 
ahead. 


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184  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

E.  H.  Herriff,  Oklahoma  City.— While  Col. 
Herriff:  is  in  big  demand  in  his  own  state  he  oc- 
casionally breaks  over  into  Kansas.  Ed  is  fre- 
quently alluded  to  as  a  whirlwind  and  sales  do 
not  lag  with  him.  He  throws  every  bit  of  his  en- 
ergy into  his  work  and  is  very  popular  with  his 
employers. 

A.  J.  James,  Lenexa,  Kansas. — Col.  Andy,  as 
he  is  frequently  called,  lives  on  the  borderland 
between  Kansas  and  Missouri  and  he  practices 
in  both  states.  He  is  one  of  the  state's  wealthy 
farmers  and  one  of  the  most  agreeable  hosts  I 
have  ever  met.  A  visit  with  Col.  and  Mrs.  James 
after  a  few  days  of  hotel  is  like  reaching  an  oasis 
in  a  desert.  Col.  James  is  one  of  the  successful 
auctioneers  of  eastern  Kansas. 

H.  M.  Justice,  Paola. — The  big  sales  held  at 
Paola,  Col.  Justice's  home  town,  are  a  tribute  to 
his  success  as  an  auctioneer.  He  is  immensely 
popular  with  those  who  know  him  and  strangers 
warm  up  to  him  on  sight.  He  is  in  the  prime  of 
life,  has  plenty  of  ability  and  energy  and  stands 
well  with  the  breeders  in  his  section. 

Jas.  T.  McCulloch,  Clay  Center.— Col.  McCul- 
loch  has  a  monopoly  on  a  job  in  north  Kansas 
sales.  He  has  been  officially  adopted  by  the 
Northwest  Kansas  Shorthorn  Association  and 
handles  the  sales  for  this,  the  biggest  district 
association  in  Kansas.  The  fact  that  he  keeps  on 
selling  for  the  same  people  year  after  year  is 


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185 


tribute  enough  to  Jimmie,  as  his  friends  north  of 
the  river  call  him. 

Boyd    Newcom,    Wichita. — Col.    Newcom    is 
quite  portly,  considered. handsome  and  is  very 


H.  M.  COE 

County  Agent,  Independence 
The  man  responsible  for  the  building  of  the  pavilion. 


popular  in  southern  Kansas  and  Oklahoma.  He 
is  well  liked  because  he  gets  results  and  no  one 
better  than  he  knows  how  to  handle  a  crowd.  He 
is  a  hustler  in  the  ring  and  is  in  demand  at  many 
good  sales  where  he  always  gives  satisfaction. 

H.  T.  Rule,  Ottawa. — Col.  Rule  is  compar- 
atively a  young  man.  He  is  strictly  business 
from  start  to  finish  and  does  not  fool  away  any 
time.  "Give  me  your  attention,  gentlemen,  and 


186  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

we  will  proceed  with  the  sale,"  seems  to  be  his 
motto.  I  have  never  known  any  one  to  employ 
Rule  and  not  be  pleased  with  him.  He  is  one  of 
the  coming  auctioneers  and  his  progress  is  rapid. 
John  D.  Snyder,  Winf  ield. — Col.  Snyder  grew 
up  in  south  central  Kansas.  He  is  an  old  timer 
in  the  pure  bred  game  and  now  breeds  Short- 
horns and  Poland  Chinas.  John  is  serious, 
earnest  and  a  hard  worker.  He  knows  more 
about  Shorthorn  cattle  and  pedigrees  and  values 
than  most  breeders  do  and  in  this  line  is  one  of 
the  West's  best  posted  auctioneers.  He  enjoys 
an  extensive  patronage  in  central  and  south  cen- 
tral Kansas  and  is  very  popular  with  those  who 
know  him. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  187 


THE  BREEDER'S  GAZETTE 

It  took  forty  years  of  highly  constructive  service  to  earn 
for  the  Breeder's  Gazette  such  affectionate  pseudonyms  as 
"the  Stockman's  Bible"  and  "the  farmer's  greatest 
paper."  It  is  doubtful  whether  any  other  agricultural 
journal  is  so  deeply  esteemed  by  those  who  read  it.  Cer- 
tainly no  other  farm  paper  reaches  a  higher  type  of  rural 
citizenry.  In  fact  it  has  been  said  that  merely  by  riding 
through  the  country  one  could  invariably  pick  out  the  mem- 
bership of  the  Gazette  family. 

Why?  Well,  because  The  Breeder's  Gazette  presents  the 
ideals,  the  inspiration  and  the  common  sense  that  enables 
men  to  build  such  farms  as  stand  for  what  is  best  in  Ameri- 
can agriculture. 

The  Breeder's  Gazette  is  devoted  to  the  science  and  art 
of  farming  the  stock  farm.  Its  editor  is  Alvin  H.  Sanders, 
gratefully  known  to  every  Shorthorn  breeder  as  the 
author  of  "Shorthorn  Cattle,"  the  history  of  the  breed  in 
America,  and  one  of  the  classics  of  agricultural  literature. 
This  book  is,  within  itself,  the  text  for  a  Shorthorn  educa- 
tion such  as  could  not,  otherwise,  be  obtained. 

I  have  been  a  reader  of  the  Gazette  since  April  1882,  re- 
ceiving it  regularly  except  when  too  negligent  to  renew. 
Now  after  nearly  forty  years,  I  am  willing  to  ascribe  what 
Shorthorn  enthusiasm  I  possess,  more  largely  to  The 
Breeder's  Gazette  than  to  all  other  influences  combined. 
The  stand  for  common-sense  principles  and  right  methods 
which  the  Gazette  has  always  taken,  invariably  appeals  to 
the  judgment  of  the  reader.  All  over  this  country  are 
found  successful  Shorthorn  breeders  who  are  children  of 
the  Gazette  family.  Its  influence  is  as  potent  as  ever  and 
the  breeders  who  do  not  read  and  profit  from  its  teachings 
are  few. 

If  you  are  one  of  those  who  do  not  read  this  valuable 
paper,  send  a  postal  card  for  sample  copy  to  the  Sanders 
Publishing  Co.,  542  South  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago. 

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188  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


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A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  189 

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LIVESTOCK  ADVERTISING  SERVICE 
FOR  YOUR  MONEY 

Draw  a  circle  of  60  mile  radius  (the  width  of  two  counties)  any- 
where in  Kansas  east  of  Larned,  Hays  or  Phillipsburg,  and  you  will 
find  that  the  Kansas  Farmer — Mail  &  Breeze  is  read  on  more  farms 
within  that  circle  than  the  average  circulation  for  the  entire  state,  of 
all  other  farm  and  livestock  papers  that  solicit  advertising  from 
Kansas  breeders. 

Doesn't  that  justify  the  judgment  of  Kansas  breeders  in  making  the 
Kansas  Farmer — Mail  &  Breeze  their  chief  reliance,  and  in  paying 
more  for  its  space  than  for  any  other? 

Yet  the  business  within  that  circle  is  a  mere  fraction  (about  one- 
sixth)  of  the  total  you  are  put  in  touch  with  thru  this  great  pre- 
dominating medium  of  farm  and  livestock  influence.  In  the  whole 
s^ate  the  Kansas  Farmer — Mail  &  Breeze  is  first  on  100,000  farms 
and  ranches,  and  in  adjoining  sections  (chiefly  Colorado)  there  are 
25,000  more  on  which  it  is  paid  for  and  read  as  a  regular  part  of  the 
pleasure  and  business  of  the  family. 

MOST  OF  THE  125,000  FA  EMS  AND  RANCHES  YOU  EEACH  IN 

THIS    WAY    ARE    POTENTIAL    MARKETS    FOR    THE    GOOD 

SURPLUS  FROM  YOUR  HERD. 

This  is  the  Way  It  Works 

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and  Mail  &  Breeze.  We  have  had  ads  in  different  papers, 
but  have  had  more  results  from  six  months  in  the  Kansas 
Farmer  and  Mail  &  Breeze  than  all  others  combined. — Meuser 
&  Co.,  Anson,  Kansas. ' ' 

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Oklahoma  Farmer,  Missouri  Ruralist,  Nebraska  Farm  Journal  and 
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190  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


THE  LAUDE  PRINTING  COMPANY 

The  Laude  Printing  Company  of  Tola  is  a  concern  which 
is  directly  interested  in  the  pure  bred  live  stock  industry 
of  this  state.  Martin  L.  Laude,  who  manages  the  busi- 
ness, was  graduated  from  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College  in  1911.  While  in  school  there  he  took  work 
in  the  printing  department  and  also  had  some  special  work 
under  Dr.  C.  W.  McCampbell  covering  live  stock  pedigrees. 
Early  in  1915,  associated  with  his  father,  G.  A.  Laude,  he 
purchased  a  newspaper  in  Lyons,  Kansas,  and  while  pub- 
lishing this  paper  began  printing  live  stock  sale  catalogs. 
This  branch  of  the  business  grew  until  they  were  unable  to 
handle  it  properly  in  connection  with  the  newspaper,  so  in 
1918  he  sold  the  newspaper  and  moving  to  lola  established 
an  exclusive  live  stock  printing  house. 

The  business  has  grown  rapidly  since  that  time  and  is 
now  serving  a  territory  covering  Kansas  and  the  surround- 
ing states.  The  main  idea  at  all  times  has  been  to  give 
prompt  service  and  accurate  work.  Nothing  has  been 
spared  to  make  it  possible  to  meet  the  demands  that  the 
business  required  and  the  live  stock  men  of  this  section 
have  at  their  command  one  of  the  best  equipped  printing 
plants  in  the  state.  The  service  offered  by  this  concern  in- 
cludes not  only  printing  but  also  compiling  pedigrees  and 
furnishing  data  and  information  that  may  add  to  the  value 
of  sale  catalogs,  private  herd  catalogs,  and  other  work 
handled.  The  number  of  customers  who  depend  on  the 
Laude  Printing  Company  for  their  work  indicates  the 
general  satisfaction  the  service  is  giving. 


PART  II. 

KANSAS  HERDS  OF  TODAY 

Part  I  of  this  book  has  traced  the  growth  of 
the  Shorthorn  industry  in  Kansas  up  to  1920  in 
a  general  way,  but  little  or  no  attention  has  been 
paid  to  the  herds  now  owned  in  the  state.  The 
purpose  of  Part  II  is  to  place  before  the  reader 
the  herds  of  those  breeders  who  by  their  co- 
operation and  financial  assistance  have  made 
possible  the  publication  and  distribution  of  this 
volume. 

In  the  year  1919  and  in  a  limited  way  in  1920, 
I  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  most  of  the  herds 
of  which  mention  is  made  and  of  becoming  ac- 
quainted with  the  proprietors.  The  sketches  are 
in  no  way  overdrawn  but  represent  correctly  the 
impression  received  from  the  cattle,  their  ances- 
try, the  owner  and  the  way  in  which  the  herd 
was  handled.  The  herds  not  visited  have  been 
considered  from  accurate  information  other- 
wise obtained.  Matters  of  pedigree  and  achieve- 
ment are  based  on  standard  Shorthorn  history 
and  the  American  herd  book.  There  has  been  no 
attempt  made  to  create  a  favorable  impression 
not  fully  justified  by  the  facts  in  the  case  and 
any  deviation  from  this  standard  must  be  classed 
as  an  error  in  judgment  on  my  part. 

The  reader  will  find  nearly  all  the  leading 


194  A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

herds  of  the  state  and  of  most  localities  listed  on 
the  pages  following.  At  the  State  Association 
meeting  held  last  June  twenty-five  members 
from  a  wide  territory  consigned  representatives 
of  their  herds  to  the  association  sale  and  every 
one  of  the  twenty-five  is  a  supporter  of  this  work 
and  a  sketch  of  the  herd  of  each  appears  in  this 
book. 

The  Shorthorn  industry  over  the  greater  part 
of  the  state  is  based  on  actual  necessity  and  for 
that  reason  it  must  remain  a  permanent  industry 
as  long  as  the  conditions  necessary  for  its  exist- 
ence continue.  If  you  ask  how  long  this  will  be, 
I  answer  by  asking  how  long  will  Kansas  be  the 
home  of  the  man  who  tills  the  soil  ?  The  farmer 
can  not  afford  to  keep  two  sets  of  cows,  one  set 
to  produce  calves  for  food  and  for  the  market 
and  another  set  to  furnish  the  dairy  products  for 
his  family,  and  the  Shorthorn  cow  is  the  only  cow 
that  will  produce  a  calf  capable  of  being  grown 
into  a  profitably  produced  beef  animal  yet  give 
a  reasonable  amount  of  milk.  There  is,  of  course, 
room  for  special  dairy  herds  of  dairy  breeds  and 
for  the  herds  of  beef  bred  cows  to  be  kept  with  no 
dairy  production,  but  by  far  the  greater  part  of 
the  butter  and  milk  consumed  in  the  state  and 
the  greater  part  of  the  beef  consumed  at  home 
and  sent  to  market  now  is,  and  always  will  be, 
produced  on  the  thousands  of  smaller  farms  and 
in  a  small  way,  without  consideration  for  the 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  195 

specialty  cow.  This  is  -why  the  Shorthorn  cow  is 
with  us  to  stay  for  all  time  and  why  the  state  as 
a  whole  must  be  a  Shorthorn  country.  For  this 
reason,  also,  the  demand  for  Shorthorns  is  broad- 
er than  is  the  demand  for  cattle  of  any  other 
breed. 

One  thing  I  observed  in  my  numerous  visits 
with  breeders  was  that  by  far  the  greater  num- 
ber of  men  most  successful  in  the  business,  who 
are  now  leading  breeders,  began  in  a  small  way, 
keeping  the  pure  bred  Shorthorn  cows  along 
with  the  grades  and  gradually  closing  out  from 
the  grade  end.  Young  men  have  told  me  they 
would  be  glad  to  breed  Shorthorns  if  they  only 
had  the  capital.  This  statement  arises  from  an 
erroneous  view  for  it  requires  no  capital  to  begin 
breeding  Shorthorns.  Any  man,  young  or  old, 
worthy  of  confidence,  who  wishes  to  do  so  can 
buy  on  time  at  a  reasonable  rate  of  interest  a 
good  cow  with  a  good  heifer  calf  at  foot  and  bred 
again  or  he  can  borrow  the  money  to  pay  for 
such  purchase  without  any  difficulty.  A  cow,  a 
big  heifer  calf  and  a  prospect  for  another  is  a 
start  good  enough  for  any  one.  Abram  Renick 
raised  his  wonderful  Rose  of  Sharon  herd  that 
astonished  the  world  from  one  heifer  and  hun- 
dreds of  men  have  raised  large  and  valuable 
herds  from  the  purchase  of  a  single  female.  The 
young  man  of  today  needs  more  than  anything 
else  to  be  educated  to  the  fact  that  it  is  far  better 


196  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

to  grow  a  Shorthorn  herd  from  a  good,  though 
small,  beginning  and  in  doing  so  to  gain  the  nec- 
essary knowledge  and  skill  required  for  success, 
than  to  be  placed  in  possession  of  means  to  buy 
a  Shorthorn  herd  that  he  is  scarcely  qualified  to 
handle  properly. 

To  the  breeders  whose  names  appear  in  the 
pages  following  I  desire  to  express  my  gratitude 
for  favors  rendered.  When  the  present  period 
of  reconstruction  following  the  great  war  has 
passed,  we  should,  with  speculation  largely  elim- 
inated, enter  upon  a  period  of  real  Shorthorn 
improvement  such  as  the  people  of  Kansas  have 
never  before  known. 


LIST  OF  SHORTHORN  BREEDERS 


The  cost  of  publishing  and  circulating  A  His- 
tory of  Shorthorns  in  Kansas  has  been  met  by 
breeders,  live  stock  auctioneers  and  live  stock 
publications.  Breeders  who  have  given  financial 
assistance  but  who  are  not  mentioned  in  connec- 
tion with  a  sketch  of  their  operations,  are  listed 
below  by  counties : 


ALLEN  COUNTY— 
C.  C.  Baker,  Humboldt 
L.    T.    Cannon,    Attorney    at 

Law,  Humboldt 
R.    M.    Porter,    Banker    and 
Sale  Clerk,  S.  E.  Kans. 
Ass'n,  Humboldt 
W.  F.  Fussman,  Humboldt 
R.  L.  Works,  Humboldt 
Wright  &  Miller,  Humboldt 
ATCHISON  COUNTY— 
J.  T.  Shortridge,  Effingham 
F.  J.  Hunn,  Arrington 
BARBER  COUNTY— 

Miss    Mary    Best,    Medicine 

Lodge 

J.  A.  Wise,  Medicine  Lodge 
BOURBON  COUNTY— 
Caldwell  Davis,  Bronson 
J.    M.   Davis,   Bronson;    tele- 
phone and   station,  Blue 
Mound 
Harper  Fulton,  Ft.  Scott,  E. 

R.  5 
BE  OWN  COUNTY— 

John  McGuire  Jr.,  Eobinson 
CHASE  COUNTY— 
C.  D.  Yeager,  Bazaar 
L.  E.  Macy  &  Sons,  Safford- 

ville 

CHEROKEE  COUNTY— 
H.  L.  Long,  McCune 


CLOUD  COUNTY— 

C.    A.    Sulanka,    Concordia; 

station,  Aurora 
Dale  Trundblade,  Jamestown 

COFFEY  COUNTY— 

F.  D.  Brazil,  Lebo;  telephone 

and  station,  Halls  Sum- 
mit 

E.  B.  Daily,  Waverly 

Chester  Smith  &   Son,   Wav- 
erly 
DICKINSON  COUNTY— 

Marvin  Gfeller,  Chapman 
DOUGLAS  COUNTY— 

S.  O.  Gentry,  Lawrence,  E.  E. 
5;    station,  Lakeview 

E.  H.  Purvis,  Baldwin 

EDWAEDS  COUNTY— 
E.  H.  Tallman,  Lewis 

ELK   COUNTY— 

S.  L.  Harvey,  Grenola 

G.  B.     Payne,     Auctioneer, 
Grenola 

GREENWOOD  COUNTY — 
John     Burke,     Severy;     tele- 
phone,   Eureka;    station, 
Climax. 
HARPER  COUNTY— 

L.  R.  Andrews  &  Son,  Harper 
Barrett  &  Pedrick,  Anthony 
R.  H.  Watt,  Anthony 


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A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


JEFFERSON  COUNTY— 
C.  H.  Thompson,  Perry 
Albert  Gramse,  Oskaloosa 

JEWELL  COUNTY— 

F.  H.  Hull  &  Son,  Mankato; 
telephone,  Ionia 

KINGMAN  COUNTY— 
Mcllrath  Bros.,  Varner 

LABETTE  COUNTY— 

S.  M.  Oakleaf,  Mound  Valley 

LANE  COUNTY— 

Robert  Edmundson,  Dighton 

B.  D.  King,  Dighton 
LEAVENWORTH  COUNTY— 

John  Murphy,  Bonner  Sp rings 
LINN  COUNTY— 

Davis  Bros.,  Preseott 
LYON  COUNTY— 

Austin  Shown,  Americus 

C.  R.  Russell,  Emporia 
MARION  COUNTY— 

1.  N.  Smith,  Burns 
Peter  H.  Friesen,  Lehigh 
MONTGOMERY  COUNTY— 
J.  G.  Tharpe,  Jefferson 
A.  L.  Bird,  Cherryvale 
NORTON  COUNTY- 
BE.  F.  Riemann,  Densmore 
Samuel  Teaford,  Norton;  sta- 
tion, Calvert 
OSAGE  COUNTY— 

A.  A.  Adams,  Osage  City 
C.    C.    Calkins,    Burlingame; 
telephone     and     station, 
Harveyville 

H.  J.  Franklin,  Melvern 
M.  C.  Hamaker  &  Son,  Scran - 

ton 

A.  J.  Hanna,  Burlingame 
Earl    C.    Hepworth,    Burlin- 
game 

Herb  Pieman,  Quenemo 
OTTAWA  COUNTY— 
J.  S.  Reed,  Oak  Hill 
POTTAWATOMIE  COUNTY— 

C.  A.  Crumbacker,  Onaga 

W.  A.  S.  Bird,  Belvue;  resi- 
dence, Topeka 
RAWLINS  COUNTY— 

D.  E.  Frisbie,  McDonald 


RENO  COUNTY— 

Harry  Leclerc,  Burrton 
Harry  Sullivan,  Haven 
D.  J.  Shuler  &  Son,  Hutchiu- 
son,   R.   R.    3 ;    telephone 
and  station,  Niekerson 

REPUBLIC  COUNTY— 

M.  M.  Fate,  Concordia;   sta- 
tion, Talmo 
Frank  C.  Graustedt,  Scandia 

RILEY  COUNTY— 
L.  S.  Estes,  Manhattan 
Gus  J.  Klocke,  Winkler 
W.  D.  Williams,  Bala 

BOOKS  COUNTY— 
A.  D.  Hull,  Woodston 

SALINE  COUNTY— 
G.  H.  Shier,  Gypsum 

SEDGWICK  COUNTY— 
John  B.  Wetta,  Andale 

SHAWNEE  COUNTY— 
J.  A.  Ostrand,  Elmont 
J.  H.  Foltz,  Wakarusa 

SHERIDAN  COUNTY— 
A.    B.    Shoemaker,    Lucerne; 

station,   Jennings 
L.  A.  Teel,  Lucerne;  station, 
Lenora 

SMITH  COUNTY— 

S.  A.  Hill,  Smith  Center 
W.  A.  Bloomer,  Bellaire 

STAFFORD  COUNTY— 
Edward  Hitz,  Hudson 
Herman  Dohrmann,  Hudson 

SUMNER   COUNTY— 

W.     G.     Buffington,     Geuda 

Springs 

W.  C.  McMillan,  Belle  Plaine 
Worden  &  Co.,  Wellington 

WABAUNSEE  COUNTY — 
Gerloch  Bros.,  Alma;  station, 
Halifax 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY— 
Wm.  Brown,  Mahaska 
W.  A.  Wells,  Mahaska 

WILSON  COUNTY— 
L.  D.  Conn  ell,  Altoona 

WOODSON  COUNTY— 

F.  A.  Durnond,  Yates  Center 


ALLEN  COUNTY 

S.  M.  Knox,  Humboldt.*— This  herd  of  thirty 
females  was  established  in  1914  and  two  years 
later  the  grades  kept  on  the  farm  were  all  sold. 
Mr,  Knox  began  showing  at  county  fairs  in  1917 
and  has  been  showing  since  that  time  in  Allen, 
Wilson,  Neosho  and  Bourbon  counties.  His  win- 
nings have  been  good.  The  young  stock  is  quite 
well  grown,  and  while  not  fitted,  is  shown  in 
splendid  farm  condition.  He  has  contributed  to 
the  Southeast  Kansas  sales  at  both  Coffeyville 
and  Independence  and  at  the  fall  show  at  Inde- 
pendence in  1919  his  entries  were  good  winners. 

The  first  bull  used  in  the  herd  and  one  that 
proved  an  unusual  breeder  of  good  sized,  smooth 
stock  was  Roan  Lord.  He  was  by  Lord  Mayor 
3d,  a  first-class  show  bull,  that  was  a  son  of  old 
Lord  Mayor  out  of  Forest  Daisy,  own  sister  to 
Tomson  Bros. '  Forest  Daisy  2d,  the  dam  of  the 
International  and  Royal  champion,  New  Year's 
Delight.  The  next  bull  was  Knox  Knoll  Dale,  a 
son  of  the  grand  champion  Whitehall  Rosedale 
out  of  Village  Maid  42d  by  imp.  Bapton  Coronet. 
This  bull  was  large  and  bred  large,  and  from  the 
straight-lined  cows  in  the  herd  attractive,  good 


*       Ship  on  Mo.  Pae.,  Santa  Fe  or  M.  K.  &  T.    Telephone,  Humboldt, 
LaHarpe  or  Tola. 


200  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

sized,  smooth,  beefy  young  things  were  secured. 

Mr.  Knox  has  recently  bought  the  tried  sire, 
Scotch  Cumberland.  He  is  by  Cumberland's 
Type,  the  most  sensational  American  show  bull 
of  the  times,  thirty-seven  first  premiums  being- 
claimed  for  him  in  thirty-seven  showings  at  the 
biggest  shows.  Scotch  Cumberland  had  been  used 
by  John  Eegier  for  three  years  and  sired  there  a 
very  attractive  line  of  calves  that  are  growing 
into  big  cows  with  a  promising  future.  Valuable 
additions  to  the  female  end  of  the  herd  were 
made  by  purchasing  at  Independence  in  1919 
several  of  the  choicest  cows  from  J.  H.  Hoi- 
comb's  excellent  consignment,  and  at  the  spring- 
sale  the  highest  priced  cow  sold  fell  to  his  bid- 
ding. Mr.  Knox  is  in  a  position  to  carry  out 
plans  that  will  make  his  herd  one  among  the  best 
in  southern  Kansas. 

J.  H.  Holcomb,  Humboldt. — Working  his  way 
up  from  agent's  assistant  in  a  small  Iowa  town 
to  division  freight  agent  of  a  trans-continental 
railroad,  then  at  fifty  years  of  age  investing  his 
savings  in  a  choice  Allen  county  farm,  tells  part 
of  Mr.  Holcomb 's  life  story.  The  rest  has  been 
written  by  his  work  on  the  farm  and  with  the 
Shorthorns  since  1900.  Mr.  Holcomb 's  first  pur- 
chases were  fourteen  high-grade  cows  from  J.  H. 
Bayer  followed  by  four  pure  bred  heifers  and  a 
bull.  Within  a  few  years  he  discovered  he  did 
not  have  the  quality  he  needed  so  he  sold  them 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  201 

and  bought  better  ones.  This  process  was  re- 
peated once  more  when  we  find  him  in  1919  with 
a  splendid  small  herd.  In  the  fall  of  that  year 
he  sold  his  farm  and  not  knowing  what  else  to  do 
with  the  cattle  he  consigned  them  to  the  South- 
east Kansas  sale  at  Independence  where  they 
won  the  big  end  of  the  prizes  in  the  show  held  in 
connection  with  the  sale  and  made  an  average  of 
almost  $450. 

In  Mr.  Holeomb's  mind  his  connection  with 
Shorthorns  was  ended.  This  was  not  correct, 
however,  for  he  could  not  get  along  happily  with- 
out them.  He  now  has  a  small  herd  but  it  is  the 
best  he  has  ever  owned.  It  includes  the  second 
prize  cow  in  the  State  Association  show  at  Man- 
hattan in  May  1920  and  several  others  equally  as 
good.  The  breeding  of  these  cows  is  of  the  best 
that  could  be  obtained  and  their  calves  are  by 
bulls  of  national  and  statewide  reputation. 

The  bull  that  will  be  used  is  Victor  Swinton  by 
imp.  Swinton  Liberty,  one  of  the  very  best  of  the 
Scotch  bred  bulls  in  Kansas.  Victor  Swinton  is 
out  of  a  magnificent  big  cow  that  is  a  heavy  milk- 
er and  has  been  a  good  prize  winner  against 
•strong  competition.  Both  sire  and  dam  of  this 
bull  are  of  the  choicest  breeding  and  he  should 
develop  into  a  valuable  animal. 

Warren  W.  Works,  Humboldt. — For  a  young 
man  just  beginning  with  Shorthorns  Mr.  Works 
has  a  most  favorable  outlook.  The  Works  farms 


202  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

are  among  the  best  in  this  part  of  Kansas  with 
the  choicest  pastures  and  unlimited  acreage  of 
alfalfa  land  and  all  needed  buildings  that  will  en- 
able a  man  to  get  the  best  results  in  handling- 
cattle.  The  stock  on  hand  is  exceptionally  good. 
It  includes  the  red,  Jacintha  2d,  an  Amcoats  bred 
daughter  of  Whirlwind  by  Captain  Archer  and 
her  yearling  heifer  by  Victor  Grloster,  the  grand 
champion  bull  at  the  1919  fall  Southeast  Short- 
horn show  at  Independence.  This  pair  was  in  the 
excellent  consignment  made  by  J.  H.  Holcomb 
to  the  Southeast  Kansas  sale  and  Jacintha  2d 
was  the  best  producing  cow  in  the  Holcomb  herd. 
Passing  by  a  number  of  good  ones  I  want  to 
notice  Lady  Cumberland,  a  roan  by  the  Owen 
Kane  bred  Spicy  Pride,  a  son  of  Spicy  Cumber- 
land by  Cumberland's  Last.  Spicy  Pride's  dam 
was  Maxwalton  Rosewood  by  Avondale  out  of 
imp.  Rosewood  86th.  The  dam  of  Lady  Cumber- 
land is  out  of  a  Rapp  bred  daughter  of  Gladstone, 
recognized  as  one  among  the  better  sires  by 
Whitehall  Sultan  and  a  bull  whose  get  won  many 
prizes  at  the  big  shows.  Lady  Cumberland  her- 
self is  one  of  the  best  specimens  of  the  breed  in 
this  part  of  Kansas  and  would  make  a  strong 
entry  in  a  good  show.  The  bull  selected  by  Mr. 
Works  is  a  white  of  outstanding  merit.  He  was 
bred  by  John  Regier  and  was  considered  by  Mr. 
Regier  one  of  the  best  bulls  he  ever  bred,  if  not 
the  best.  He  is  unusually  deep  and  thick  with  as 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  203 

good  a  back,  loin,  and  quarters  as  could  be  de- 
sired. His  head,  neck  and  general  appearance 
are  excellent  and  his  ancestry  is  of  the  choicest, ' 
from  whatever  viewpoint  it  may  be  considered. 
Bulls  of  his  class  are  not  easily  found  and  Mr. 
Works  should  be  congratulated  on  his  possession. 

R.  O.  Furneaux  &  Son,  Moran. — These  men 
are  old  residents  on  one  of  the  best  kept  farms  in 
Allen  county.  It  has  been  a  stock  farm  for  years 
and  Shorthorns  have  been  grown  all  the  time. 
The  first  high-class  bull  used  was  Golden  Sharon 
by  Scott,  Jr.,  a  great  show  and  breeding  Bull  by 
imp.  Scottish  Emperor.  He  was  followed  by  the 
Haima  bred  Reflector  by  imp.  Collynie  and  later 
by  Fashioner  4th,  a  son  of  the  splendid  show  bull, 
Lord  Mayor  3d.  The  use  of  such  bulls  gave  satis- 
factory results  and  a  lot  of  nice  young  cows  are 
in  the  herd.  Spicy  Choice,  a  Duncan  bred  son  of 
Choice  of  All,  is  in  service.  This  bull  is  a  beauti- 
ful roan  of  medium  size,  very  smooth  and  even 
from  end  to  end  and  the  calves  indicate  he  will  be 
a  good  sire. 

Both  Mr.  Furneaux  and  his  son,  John,  are 
wide-awake,  energetic  citizens  and  leaders  in 
everything  pertaining  to  advanced  agriculture. 
Theirs  is  a  farm  where  scrubs  of  any  class  are 
not  tolerated  and  where  scrub  ideals  along  any 
line  gain  no  footing.  Besides  the  Shorthorns,  they 
keep  a  flock  of  Shropshire  sheep.  Messrs.  Fur- 
neaux are  forecasting  the  future  on  the  larger 


204  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

farms  in  eastern  Kansas  where  soil  fertility 
can  be  maintained  only  through  the  keeping  of 
live  stock.  They  also  realize  that  Shorthorns  are 
the  only  breed  of  cattle  that  are  both  good  milk- 
ers and  good  beef  cows.  R.  0.  Furneaux  is 
classed  among  the  best  judges  of  Shorthorns  in 
the  state. 

Hall  Bros.,  Carlyle. — Hall  Bros,  are  natives  of 
Allen  county.  They  have  an  excellent  farm  on 
the  Neosho  River.  In  one  of  the  pastures  there 
is  an  elm  tree  which  would  easily  furnish  shade 
for  fifty  mature  Shorthorns.  Near  the  tree  is 
a  running  spring  supplying  the  best  of  water  in 
great  abundance.  Below  the  spring  is  a  large 
field  of  alfalfa. 

Do  Shorthorns  thrive  here  ?  For  answer,  go  up 
to  the  higher  ground  and  you  will  find  the  cows 
bearing  all  evidence  of  giving  a  large  flow  of 
milk,  yet  fat  enough  to  sell  for  good  beef.  The 
Hall  herd  is  not  large,  about  ten  females  of  breed- 
ing age  and  a  few  heifers,  but  it  is  a  real  Short- 
horn herd.  The  bull  at  the  head  is  White  Archer 
633595  by  Kansas  Prince,  whose  get  made  a  sen- 
sational showing  at  the  Southeast  Shorthorn 
show  in  1919.  He  is  a  full  brother  to  the  eleven-- 
month-old White  Violet  that  sold  in  the  sale  for 
$650  and  he  is  proving  a  splendid  heifer  getter. 
The  cows  in  the  herd  are  red  and  the  six  promis- 
ing calves  from  this  white  bull  range  from 
medium  to  dark  roan. 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  205 

This  story,  briefly  told,  of  Hall  Bros.'  farm 
and  cattle  teaches  a  lesson.  A  few  years  ago 
they  bought  four  heifer  calves  from  Dr.  Slavens 
of  Neosho  Falls,  at  very  moderate  prices.  (See 
Slavens  sketch.)  Good  care,  resulting  in  good 
development,  did  the  rest.  It  will  pay  any  one  to 
visit  the  Hall  farm  and  see  what  can  be  accom- 
plished by  feeding  good  Shorthorns  on  good 
farm  feeds  only. 

T.  E.  Holloway,  Humboldt. — It  is  only  fair  to 
say  that  Mrs.  Holloway  should  be  included  in 
this  sketch.  She  is  not  only  a  Shorthorn  enthu- 
siast but  she  is  also  an  excellent  judge  and  there 
are  those  who  say  that  in  judging  she  outclasses 
the  majority  of  men  engaged  in  the  production 
of  Shorthorns.  Pew  new  breeders  except  those  of 
unlimited  means  have  scored  the  degree  of  suc- 
cess that  has  been  theirs.  That  the  Holloway 
herd  during  its  few  years  of  existence  has  devel- 
oped into  a  really  good  one  is  probably  due  to  two 
causes,  good  care  and  the  use  of  the  bull  Sir 
Hampton,  mentioned  in  the  Wesley  Jewell 
sketch. 

The  heifers  by  Sir  Hampton  have  developed 
into  big,  broad,  smooth  animals  with  a  breedy  ap- 
pearance. In  the  summer  of  1919  Mr.  Holloway 
acquired  by  purchase  the  Diver  &  Potter  herd, 
retaining  the  most  desirable  females.  He  also 
bought  of  J.  H.  Holcomb  an  excellent  four-year- 
old  cow  of  very  choice  breeding  and  with  her  won 


206  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

first  prize  at  the  Neosho  county  fair.  Mr.  Hollo- 
way  is  part  owner  of  the  bull,  Fancy  Lad  2d  (see 
Wesley  Jewell  sketch)  and  this  bull  is  being  lib- 
erally used.  The  herd  has  been  shown  at  local 
fairs,  winning  a  good  share  of  premiums.  At  the 
Shorthorn  show  at  Cof f eyville  in  April  1919,  the 
Holloway  entries  attracted  general  attention  on 
account  of  their  size  and  beautiful  roan  color.  It 
was  here  that  Mr.  Holloway  was  awarded  first 
prize  on  produce  of  cow. 

Horville  Bros.,  lola. — On  a  big  farm  near  the 
city  is  an  object  lesson  that  speaks  for  Short- 
horns. The  Horville  herd  is  large  and  excellent 
and  includes  cows  which  would  look  well  any- 
where. Most  of  these  cows  are  grades  and  it  was 
the  continued  use  of  high-class  bulls  that  did 
the  work.  This  herd  is  a  tribute  to  Shorthorn 
blood  and  the  business  sense  of  the  owners  who 
give  the  cattle  good  care  twelve  months  in  the 
year. 

The  pure  bred  cows  are  descended  from  good 
ancestry  and  with  the  unusual  facilities  these 
men  have  for  carrying  on  their  operations  and 
with  their  genius  and  inclination  for  the  work  we 
may  reasonably  expect  to  find  a  great  Shorthorn 
herd  on  this  farm  within  the  next  few  years. 

The  bull  in  use  is  a  massive  white  that  stands 
very  close  to  ffie  ground.  He  has  a  fine  head  and 
neck  and  a  great  covering  of  mellow  flesh.  In 
strong  competition  he  won  the  American  Short- 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  207 

horn  Breeders  Association  bull  championship 
at  the  Allen  county  fair  in  1919.  Two  direct 
crosses  to  imp.  Lord  Banff  are  found  right  at 
the  top  of  his  pedigree.  Any  one  seeing  his  calves 
will  admit  that  he  is  a  great  breeder.  Something 
of  the  Horville  method  of  procedure  came  out 
when,  in  a  talk  with  Mr.  L.  E.  Horville,  the  sub- 
ject turned  to  the  pedigree  of  their  bull.  "I'll 
pick  my  bull  first,  then  we'll  see  about  the  pedi- 
gree," said  Mr.  Horville,  and  I  breathed  a  silent 
amen. 

Wesley  Jewell,  Humboldt. — Within  the  past 
ten  years  a  succession  of  good,  well  bred  bulls 
has  been  used  in  the  Jewell  herd.  Collynie  Goods 
was  by  Collynie  out  of  Lavender  of  Colstock 
Farm  by  Choice  Goods.  His  heifers  have  proved 
splendid  breeders.  Roan  Mayor  was  a  show  bull 
of  the  first  class.  He  was  by  Lord  Mayor  3d  out 
of  a  Tomson  bred  daughter  of  Archer.  One  of  the 
most  successful  sires  used  was  Sir  Hampton.  He 
was  bred  by  S.  C.  Hanna  and  was  used  at  Palo 
Duro  before  his  sale  to  Mr.  Jewell.  He  was  by 
Hampton  Spray  out  of  a  dam  by  Prince  Royal, 
second  dam  by  Collynie,  and  represented  the  best 
of  Mr.  Hanna 's  breeding.  The  heifers  by  this 
bull  out  of  the  Collynie  Goods  cows  are  altogether 
pleasing,  having  much  size  and  quality.  Two 
excellent  additions  were  recently  made  to  the 
herd.  A  roan  Nevius  bred  cow  by  Searchlight 
Jr.  is  a  distinct  acquisition.  Fancy  Lad  2d  is  the 


208  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

new  herd  bull.  In  Q-.  Wittry's  herd  he  sired 
heifers  that  leave  little  room  for  criticism  and 
that  promise  to  develop  into  large,  matronly  cows 
with  much  Shorthorn  character.  Individually, 
Fancy  Lad  2d  is  of  proper  type  and  conforma- 
tion. He  is  out  of  an  excellent  cow  of  choice 
breeding,  a  daughter  of  imp.  Fancy  2d  and  his 
sire,  Prince  Valentine  4th,  is  among  the  state's 
best  bulls.  He  comes  from  Tomson  Bros,  and 
is  one  of  their  good  productions.  Mr.  Jewell  is 
president  of  the  Southeast  Kansas  Association. 
O.  A.  Weddle,  Savonburg. — Mr.  Weddle  has 
plenty  of  enthusiasm  and  good  cattle  sense  to 
guarantee  success  in  producing  Shorthorns.  He 
has  a  herd  of  twenty-five  females.  Purchases 
were  made  locally  and  at  Wolfe  Bros. '  sale  and 
include  some  choice  individuals  of  elegant  breed- 
ing. One  of  the  good  ones  is  Roan  Blossom,  a 
five-year-old  by  Victor  Sultan,  a  bull  of  the 
Whitehall  Sultan  family  through  Whitehall 
Chief.  Her  dam  is  by  Orange  Champion  274875. 
Another  Victor  Sultan  cow  is  Hepler  Rose.  Her 
dam  was  out  of  Barmpton  Lady  5th  bred  by 
George  Allen  and  sired  by  Godwin,  one  of  the 
best  sires  of  valuable  breeding  cows  in  the  cen- 
tral West.  Lady  Barmpton,  own  sister  to  Hep- 
ler Rose,  is  also  in  the  herd.  Another  five-year- 
old  roan  is  Miss  Eva  by  Searchlight's  Bloom,  one 
of  the  good  sons  of  Searchlight  and  a  sire  of 
much  desirable  stock. 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  209 

Mr.  Weddle  has  little  use  for  a  bull  of  medium 
quality,  and  for  the  past  two  years  he  has  used 
Butternut  Sultan,  a  Bellows  bred  son  of  Sultan 
Supreme,  the  sire  of  the  1916  International 
grand  champion  Village  Supreme  that  sold  for 
$16500.  To  succeed  Butternut  Sultan  Mr.  Wed- 
dle recently  bought  of  George  F.  Kellerman  an 
outstanding  roan  calf,  one  of  the  very  best  things 
Mr.  Kellerman  has  ever  bred.  This  calf  weighed 
800  pounds  at  eight  months  old  and  would  be  con- 
sidered an  extra  good  one  in  any  of  America's 
best  herds. 

R.  M.  Beamon,  Bronson. — Mr.  Beamon 's  cows 
are  very  uniform  in  general  appearance  and  con- 
formation. The  herd  is  all  red  and  he  is  one  of 
the  few  breeders  who  will  not  use  a  roan  or  a 
white  bull.  Among  the  cows  there  is  one  that  at- 
tracts attention  on  sight.  She  is  out  of  a  daugh- 
ter of  imp.  Collynie  and  her  dam  was  pur- 
chased by  Bellows  Bros,  at  Ed  Hall's  dispersion 
for  a  good  price.  Two  daughters  of  this  cow 
are  in  the  herd.  A  new  herd  bull  was  bought  at 
the  Linn  County  Breeders  sale  in  November  1919. 
The  Beamon  farm  is  well  supplied  with  good 
pasture,  a  prime  requisite  for  best  results  and 
one  that  is  not  always  found  in  Allen  county. 

C.  H.  Ronsick,  Humboldt  —  Mr.  Eonsick 
started  right  by  buying  choice  stock  at  the  South- 
east Kansas  Shorthorn  sale  which  purchase  in- 
cluded two  heifers  from  H.  I.  Gaddis'  excellent 


210  '  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

herd.  Village  Princess  is  an  elegant  roan,  very 
feminine,  close  to  the  ground,  and  she  was  one  of 
the  most  pleasing  things  in  the  sale.  Her  ancestry 
throughout  is  of  the  best  known  to  American 
Shorthorn  history  and  includes,  right  at  the  top 
of  each  one  of  the  first  five  crosses,  bulls  that 
have  been  breed  builders.  Hers  will  be  an  ex- 
ceptional case  if  she  does  not  produce  high-class 
stock.  Mr.  Eonsick  is  a  neighbor  of  Wesley 
Jewell  and  will  be  able  to  use  his  herd  bull  which 
will  be  a  great  advantage  to  him. 

Sullivan  Bros.,  Moran. — The  Sullivans  bred 
Shorthorns  in  Iowa  before  they  came  to  Kansas. 
They  have  five  big,  beefy  Shorthorn  cows,  all  of 
which  are  being  milked,  and  the  calves  are  being 
raised  by  hand.  In  this  they  are  doing  what 
many  small  farmers  must  do  in  the  future.  One 
of  their  cows  is  a  splendid  specimen  of  the  breed 
and  in  appearance  is  a  dual-purpose  cow.  She 
was  bred  by  T.  K.  Tomson  &  Sons  and  is  out  of  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Thistletop.  Three  of  the  cows  in 
the  herd  are  her  daughters.  The  bull  in  use  is 
by  Master  of  the  Dales  out  of  Golden  Mistletoe, 
the  Hanna  bred  daughter  of  Prince  Mistletoe 
that  sold  in  the  Southeast  Kansas  sale  for  $1245. 

J.  L.  Jewell,  Humboldt. — Mr.  Jewell  was  un- 
til recently  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Jewell  Bros. 
He  owns  a  few  females,  several  of  which  are  of 
excellent  quality,  but  so  far  he  has  bought  no 
bull,  preferring  to  use  his  choice  of  three  good 


A    HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  211 

ones  that  are  available.  This  gives  him  an  ad- 
vantage the  small  breeders  over  the  country  can 
frequently  have.  Mr.  Jewell  is  an  admirable 
care-taker  and  he  is  making  rapid  improvement. 
One  of  the  best  young  cows  seen  in  my  travels  in 
Allen  country  was  in  this  herd.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Hampton,  a  bull  used  successfully  by 
S.  C.  Harma. 

Fred  Lassman,  Savonburg.* — Mr.  Lassman  is 
located  on  a  large  farm  that  is  well  adapted  to 
cattle  growing.  He  has  been  raising  grades  un- 
der favorable  conditions  and  has  recently  pur- 
chased a  dozen  nice  heifers  and  a  good  bull,  his 
intention  being  to  grow  into  the  business  by  sell- 
ing off  the  grade  end.  Mr.  Lassman  is  young,  in- 
telligent, a  clear  thinker,  and  makes  a  success  of 
whatever  he  undertakes.  He  will  handle  his 
cattle  in  such  a  manner  as  to  work  constant  im- 
provement in  the  herd  and  local  Shorthorn  as 
well  as  general  live  stock  interests  will  be  bene- 
fited by  his  becoming  a  breeder. 

C.  W.  Beeman,  Humboldt. — This  herd  was 
established  two  years  ago  and  Mr.  Beeman  made 
several  valuable  additions  at  the  1920  sale  in 
Humboldt.  His  herd  should  become  one  among 
the  best  in  the  county.  Eecent  purchases  include 
a  few  splendid  females  of  choicest  breeding  and 
the  excellent  young  bull  Lord  Mysie  by  Claude 
Lovett's  famous  sire,  Scotch  Lord  by  Lord 


Telephone,  Humboldt. 


212  A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Avondale.  Mr.  Beeman  Is  a  good  feeder  and 
care-taker  and  will  produce  real  Shorthorns. 

S.  C.  Caldwell  &  Son,  Moran.— This  herd  was 
founded  in  1919  by  the  purchase  of  four  females 
and  a  good  white  bull.  Since  that  time  a  valu- 
able addition  was  made  in  the  purchase  of  a 
heifer  by  Prince  Valentine  4th,  one  of  the 
best  and  most  favorably  known  sires  in  Kansas. 
The  cows  are  of  good  size  and  are  being  well 
kept.  It  is  the  plan  to  add  to  the  herd  from 
time  to  time. 

Fetherngill  &  Enfield,  lola. — This  firm  made 
the  first  investment  in  pure  bred  females  at  the 
Southeast  Kansas  sale  in  April  1919,  where  three 
excellent  heifers  from  the  herds  of  O.  O.  Massa 
and  H.  M.  Hill  were  secured.  The  ancestry  of 
these  heifers  together  with  their  individual  merit 
is  a  practical  guarantee  that,  if  well  developed 
and  properly  mated,  they  will  be  the  foundation 
of  a  good  Shorthorn  herd.  The  prize  winning 
bull  owned  by  Horville  Bros,  will  be  used. 

C.  G.  Staley,  Moran. — Mr.  Staley  is  a  pro- 
fessional cattleman  with  a  few  good  Shorthorns 
who  will  gradually  close  out  his  grades  and  keep 
only  pure  breds.  His  cows  are  of  good  size  and 
form  and  are  satisfactory  breeders.  The  bull  is 
by  Lord  Mayor  3d,  a  prize  winning  son  of  Lord 
Mayor  and  out  of  a  Hanna  bred  dam  by  imp. 
Collynie  that  sold  to  Bellows  Bros. 

J.  Frank  Stevens,  Humboldt. — Mr.  Stevens 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  213 

lias  made  a  nice  start  with  two  cows  bought  of 
J.  H.  Holcomb.  One  of  these  is  by  Marquis  Cum- 
berland, the  Saunders  bred  son  of  Cumberland's 
Best,  frequently  mentioned  in  this  book.  The 
other  is  by  Orange  Senator  308511,  a  bull  well 
known  in  north  central  Kansas.  Mr.  Stevens 
will  add  a  good  cow  to  his  herd  occasionally.  He 
is  breeding  to  the  high-class  bull,  Scotch  Cumber- 
land, owned  by  S.  M.  Knox. 

George  L.  Weatherbie,  Moran. — Mr.  Weather- 
bie  has  a  few  cows  of  choice  breeding.  Red 
Ruby  is  by  Chief  Steward,  a  son  of  Clansman 
out  of  a  dam  by  Royal  Leader,  (See  T.  J.  Sands 
sketch.)  Her  dam  is  by  a  son  of  Hampton's  Best 
out  of  a  daughter  of  Valley  Champion.  The  herd 
bull  is  by  a  son  of  Lord  Mayor  3d  out  of  a  daugh- 
ter of  imp.  Collynie.  Such  a  start  will  be  recog- 
nized as  a  good  one. 

ANDERSON  COUNTY 
G.  Wittry,  Greeley. — Mr.  Wittry  has  a  herd 
of  twenty-five  females  representing  both  the  so- 
called  Scotch  and  Scotch  topped  families.  The 
blood  lines  in  the  top  crosses  of  his  herd  show 
many  of  the  best  Shorthorns  of  the  day  and  he  is 
giving  his  cattle  the  care  needed  for  proper  de- 
velopment. 

Among  the  bulls  that  have  left  a  good  impres- 
sion on  the  herd  are  Choice  of  All  by  Choice 
Goods  out  of  Rosedale  Violet  9th ;  Prime  Minister 


214  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

by  imp.  Prince  of  Perth  out  of  Goldfinch,  a 
full  sister  to  the  International  champion,  Laven- 
der Viscount ;  New  Goods  at  the  head  of  Harri- 
man  Bros.'  herd  at  its  dispersion;  Cumberland's 
Last,  the  famous  bull  in  C.  A.  Saunders'  select 
herd;  Young  Abbotsburn,  America's  greatest 
show  bull ;  Prince  Pavonia  and  Searchlight,  both 
of  inter-state  reputation  in  C.  S.  Nevius'  herd; 
Godwin,  famous  sire  of  great  producing  cows 
and  other  good  ones  that  could  be  mentioned.'  It- 
is  no  wonder  that  the  Wittry  cows  produce  well 
for  theirs  is  quality  by  inheritance. 

A  visit  to  the  Wittry  farm  will  convince  any 
one  that  right  breeding  and  right  feeding  are  the 
two  requisites  in  producing  good  cattle.  The 
young  stock  on  the  farm  is  largely  by  Fancy  Lad 
2d,  a  Tomson  bred  son  of  Prince  Valentine  4th. 
His  dam  is  by  the  M.  E.  Jones  bred  Cherry  King 
and  the  second  dam  is  imp.  Fancy  2d  by  Cap-a- 
Pie.  I  saw  five  yearling  heifers  by  this  bull. 
They  were  all  good  ones  and  two  of  them  were 
outstanding.  Fancy  Lad  2d  was  sold  in  August 
1919  to  Wesley  Jewell  of  Hurnboldt  and  Mr. 
Wittry  bought  Honor  Light,  a  son  of  Searchlight, 
the  bull  so  well  known  as  a  prize  winner  and 
breeding  bull  for  C.  S.  Nevius.  The  dam  of 
Honor  Light  is  Maid  of  Honor  of  Geo.  Both- 
well 's  breeding  and  sired  by  Grand  Victor  out  of 
imp.  Winifred  4th  by  Scottish  Archer,  the  great- 
est of  Mr.  Duthie's  bulls.  That  a  bull  of  such 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS  215 

excellent  descent  should  give  excellent  results  is 
only  a  reasonable  conclusion. 

There  is  a  practical  lesson  in  this  story  of  Mr. 
Wittry 's  work  which  I  wish  to  emphasize.  Every- 
where I  go  I  find  people  who  buy  quite  good  cows 
at  moderate  prices  and  buy  only  a  moderately 
good  bull  and  give  the  herd  only  a  moderate 
amount  of  feed.  Success  never  follows  such 
methods.  A  good  bull  and  plenty  of  good  feed 
with  good  care  means  a  good  herd  and  nothing 
else  will  produce  it. 

Henry  Sobba,  Greeley. — Mr.  Sobba  made  his 
first  purchase  of  Shorthorns  from  Tebo  Lawn  in 
1902.  The  lot  consisted  of  six  heifers  and  an  ex- 
cellent bull.  Unfortunately,  four  head  of  these 
heifers  were  killed  by  a  Missouri  Pacific  train 
soon  after  they  reached  the  farm.  The  present 
herd,  numbering  about  forty  head,  is  descended 
from  this  purchase.  Mr.  Sobba  has  used  some 
highly  satisfactory  bulls  but,  like  most  breeders, 
he  has  also  used  some  that  fell  below  the  desired 
standard.  The  methods  of  handling  have  been 
fairly  good  but  not  such  as  to  bring  out  all  there 
was  in  the  animal  and  his  prices  on  the  young- 
bulls  have  been  moderate.  The  surplus  has  been 
sold  locally  and  it  is  a  matter  of  note  that  all 
around  Mr.  Sobba 's  the  cattle  are  of  very  ex- 
cellent quality,  showing  liberal  use  of  good  Short- 
horn bulls ;  in  fact,  he  has  living  monuments  to 
the  value  of  his  herd  all  around  him.  I  feel  sure 


216  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN '•  KANSAS 

that  a  dozen  Sobbas  in  each  county  of  Kansas 
would  make  every  bovine  in  the  state  look  like  a 
Shorthorn. 

On  the  good  Tebo  Lawn  foundation  is  found 
the  blood  and  impress  of  such  animals  as  Orange 
Viscount,  German  Laird,  Daisy  of  North  Oaks 
5th,  imp.  Prince  of  Perth,  imp.  Collynie,  Godoy, 
and  through  Godoy,  imp.  Golden  Thistle,  the 
largest  and  perhaps  the  most  showy  cow  in  the 
Linwood  herd.  Captain,  the  present  herd  bull, 
was  bred  by  Mr.  Hanna  and  is  siring  some  very 
satisfactory  calves. 

E.  C.  Holt,  Greeley.*— This  is  a  small  but 
choice  herd  that  will  be  increased  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  farm.  Mr.  Holt  is  a  good  feed- 
er and  the  cattle,  as  I  saw  them,  were  in  fine  con- 
dition. Kansas  Girl  2d  is  an  elegant  four-year- 
old  red.  Her  sire  was  by  imp.  Collynie  out*  of 
Cowslip  Bloom  by  imp.  Lord  Cowslip,  second 
dam  by  imp.  Inglewood.  Daisy  Sultan  is  strong 
in  Whitehall  Sultan  blood  and  in  that  of  Gallant 
Knight  and  Lord  Mayor.  Pansy  Dale  is  by 
Cedar  Dale,  one  of  the  state's  best  sires  of  high- 
class  stock.  The  herd  bull,  a  big,  thick,  rugged 
fellow  of  excellent  type  and  good  finish  repre- 
sents the  best  of  the  Hanna-Hill  breeding  with 
imp.  Collynie,  Royal  Knight,  Ingle  Lad,  imp. 
Inglewood  and  Silvermine  in  the  first  two 
crosses.  Mr.  Holt  has  selected  his  foundation 


Telephone  and  shipping  station,  Garnett. 


A   HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  217 

stock  closely  descended  from  the  best  Shorthorns 
of  the  day  and  they  are  cattle  of  real  excellence. 

W.  K.  Craig,  Garnett. — Mr.  Craig  has  been  in 
the  business  for  ten  years,  having  laid  his  foun- 
dation in  the  purchase  of  the  cow,  Secret  Airdrie, 
from  H,  M.  Hill's  herd.  This  cow,  as  her  name 
implies,  united  Mr,. Hanna's  Secrets  and  Mr. 
Hill's  I?aiiny_Airdries,  two  of  the  best  families 
of  Shorthorns  in  :,the  state.  Her  sire  was  the 
wonderful  bull,  Prince  of  Collynie,  which  gave 
Mr.  Craig  a  foundation  good  enough  for  any 
practical  man.  The  bulls  used  since  then  have 
been  representative  of  Searchlight,  Gallant 
Knight,  Victorious  and  imp.  Collynie.  The  herd 
consists  of  about  a  dozen  females,  all  descended 
from  the  Prince  of  Collynie  cow.  Mr.  Craig 
plans  to  buy  a  first-class  bull  soon. 

H.  C.  Doering,  Garnett. — Mr.  Doering  is 
breeding  some  good  Shorthorns  on  his  farm  just 
outside  the  city.  He  has  been  paying  special  at- 
tention to  milking  quality  and  his  cows  are  a 
nice,  even  lot  of  medium  size,  the  kind  that  raise 
splendid  calves  and  milk  well  after  weaning  the 
calves.  At  the  time  of  my  visit,  the  herd  con- 
sisted of  about  twenty  females  and  an  excellent 
lot  of  young  things  by  Ingle  Marr,  a  bull  strong 
in  the  blood  of  Collynie,  that  had  been  used  for 
several  seasons.  Besides  Ingle  Marr  some  first- 
class  sires  are  found  in  the  top  crosses  of  this 
herd,  such  as  Ingle  Lad,  Lavender  King  4th  and 


218  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

imp.  Scotchman,  three  bulls  that  did  great  ser- 
vice in  three  southeast  Kansas  herds. 

John  L.  Jones  &  Sons,  Garnett. — Mr.  Jones 
and  his  three  sons  comprise  this  firm.  Each  boy 
owns  a  cow  bought  from  Mr.  Sobba  and  the 
father  owns  the  bull.  The  bull  is  twelve  months 
old,  has  had  good  farm  care  and  has  wonderful 
finish.  If  well  carried  on,  he  will  be  a  trouble 
maker  in  a  show  ring.  His  sire  is  Sultan's  Robin, 
an  Uppermill  bred  son  of  Sultan's  Last  out  of  a 
Cock  Robin  dam.  The  calf  has  a  right  to  be  good 
and  I  saw  enough  to  satisfy  me  that  this  herd  will 
do  well.  I  wondered  if  Mr.  Jones  was  not  doing 
far  more  for  his  boys,  now  of  the  most  impres- 
sionable age,  by  making  them  his  business  part- 
ners than  he  could  do  by  leaving  them  a  big  cash 
inheritance  in  later  years. 

J.  G.  Lowry,  Harris. — Mr.  Lowry  has  bred 
Shorthorns  for  about  ten  years.  He  now  has 
eight  females,  five  of  which  I  have  seen.  They 
are  good  individuals  and  represent  nice  blood 
lines,  among  them  being  two  out  of  a  daughter  of 
imp.  Sunnyblink  9th.  Mr.  Lowry  has  used  the 
bull,  Ingle  Marr,  and  the  herd  has  received 
the  benefits  arising  from  the  use  of  bulls  carry- 
ing the  blood  of  such  animals  as  Ingle  Lad,  Kin- 
nellar,  imp.  Mariner,  Orange  Viscount  and 
others  but  has  not  received  the  care  or  attention 
to.  detail  necessary  to  secure  best  results.  The 
stock  on  hand,  or  at  least  most  of  it,  with  a  good 


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bull  and  proper  care,  would  become  the  founda- 
tion for  a  valuable  herd  of  Shorthorns. 

E.  C.  Meissner,  Colony. — Mr.  Meissner  \s  foun- 
dation was  bought  at  the  Cof f  eyville  sale  in  1918 
and  consisted  of  a  Stunkel  bred  heifer  by  Im- 
perial Goods  out  of  a  Victor  Orange  cow,  one  by 
Mistletoe  Stamp,  full  of  the  Hanna-Hill  blood 
lines  and  two  by  Mr.  Massa's  great  bull,  Kansas 
Prince,  out  of  cows  by  Master  Prince  6th,  son  of 
Prince  Pavoiiia.  Mr.  Meissner  has  a  fairly  good 
bull,  which  on  these  heifers  should  furnish  the 
prime  requisite  for  the  building  up  of  a  credit- 
able Shorthorn  herd.  The  impression  I  gained 
while  at  the  farm  was  that  if  Mr.  Meissner  de- 
cided to  put  up  a  first-class  herd  he  would  do  it. 

R.  H.  Trimmell,  Garnett— Mr.  Trimmell  has 
all  the  requisites  for  success  in  the  Shorthorn 
business.  He  has  the  disposition  to  demand  qual- 
ity in  whatever  goes  into  his  breeding  herd  and  he 
impressed  me  as  being  a  good  care-taker.  The 
cows  come  largely  from  high-class  ancestry.  One 
of  the  best  ones  is  a  recent  purchase  from  J.  C. 
Robison,  Duchess  Aberdeen  by  Victoria's  Cor- 
onet 541677.  One  of  the  bulls  used  was  Sir 
Magnet  5th  by  Searchlight  Jr.  Another  was 
Sycamore  Sunblaze  2d  from  the  Cowham  farm. 
The  present  herd  bull,  I  saw  as  a  calf.  He  bears 
the  popular  name,  Gen.  Pershing,  and  looks  like 
the  making  of  a  creditable  bull. 

A.  J.  Tippin,  Greeley. — Mr.  Tippin  is  an  old 


220  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS 

breeder  in  a  small  way,  having  a  nice  herd  of 
nine  females,  the  foundation  for  which  was  laid 
twelve  years  ago.  His  cattle  represent  excellent 
blood  lines  coming  through  Prince  Pavonia, 
Scotland's  Charm,  Winsome  Duke  llth,  Laven- 
der King  4th  and  Golden  Victor.  A  good  young 
bull  purchased  from  Mr.  Wittry  is  in  use,  a  son 
of  Fancy  Lad  2d  (see  Wittry  sketch)  with  two 
crosses  to  imp.  Lord  Banff  following.  This  bull 
should  produce  satisfactory  results  and  Mr.  Tip- 
pin's  favorable  location  on  alfalfa  land  should 
do  the  rest. 

O.  H.  Carrier,  Kincaid. — Mr.  Carrier  bought  a 
cow  at  Wolfe  Bros. '  sale  and  two  others  locally. 
He  also  bought  a  good  bull,  Roan  Mayor,  by  the 
prize  winning  bull,  Lord  Mayor  3d.  Roan 
Mayor's  dam  was  by  a  Hanna  bred  son  of  imp. 
Lord  Cowslip.  This  bull,  now  six  years  old,  was 
a  prize  winner  as  a  yearling  and  later  saw  much 
service  in  the  herd  of  S.  M.  Knox  where  he 
proved  an  exceptional  breeder. 

ATCHISON  COUNTY 

Robert  Russell  &  Son,  Muscotah.* — These  men 
have  been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  some  years 
and  recently  decided  to  put  in  a  herd  with  pedi- 
grees to  which  no  one  would  object.  This  desire 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  most  critical  has 
been  extended  to  affect  the  entire  herd  and  theirs 


Ship  on  Mo.  Pac.,  Eock  Island  or  Santa  Fe. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  221 

is  one  of  the  few  to  be  found  in  Kansas  with  only 
so-called  straight  Scotch  cattle  on  the  farm. 

The  present  herd  consists  of  young  cows  three 
and  four  years  old,  recently  acquired  by  pur- 
chase from  excellent  sources  of  supply.  Some 
generous  prices  have  been  paid  and  while  the 
stock  is  not  being  pushed  as  in  some  cases,  these 
young  cows  are  quite  an  attractive  lot  and  indi- 
cate a  mature  herd  of  considerable  scale  and  uni- 
formity. Imported  Brandsby  Augusta  4th  was 
bought  at  the  Ogden  sale  and  is  a  nice  roan  of  J. 
M.  Strickland's  breeding,  combining  good  size, 
straight  lines  and  pleasing  appearance  and  she 
is  suckling  her  second  calf.  Acanthus  Beauty, 
five  crosses  from  Mr.  Cruickshank 's  Acanthus 
by  Barmpton  is  not  only  a  deep,  blocky  cow  of 
good  beef  type  and  indications,  but  she  shows 
milking  tendency  that  would  interest  a  profes- 
sional dairyman.  It  occurred  to  me  that  such 
cows  as  this  were  about  what  a  person  should 
have  in  a  dual-purpose  Shorthorn.  She  is  of 
medium  size  and  her  kind  would  make  any  farm- 
er money.  The  five  top  sires  in  her  pedigree 
were  bred  by  Carpenter  &  Ross,  W.  D.  Platt, 
Wm.  Cummings  &  Son,  Wm.  Duthie  and  Amos 
Cruickshank.  Right  here  I  want  to  state  that 
the  young  cows  of  this  herd  have  all  produced 
one  or  two  calves,  each  cow  suckling  her  calf  in 
good  style.  Mr.  Russell  says  that  a  poor  breeder 
or  suckler  will  not  have  room  on  the  farm.  "  Just 


222  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

a  good  lot  of  cows  kept  on  the  farm  to  consume 
its  production7'  is  the  way  he  puts  it,  "and  I 
want  them  to  be  such  that  if  a  man  found  what 
he  wanted  he  would  not  object  to  the  pedigree." 
Whitehall  Rosedale,  International  grand  champ- 
ion, is  represented  by  Autumn  Bloom  by  Fame's 
Goods,  one  of  his  excellent  sons  and  in  the  second 
cross  by  imp.  Bapton  Coronet,  one  of  the  best 
sons  of  the  famous  Silver  Plate.  In  the  third  are 
imp.  Prince  of  Perth  and  Goldfinch,  full  sister 
to  another  International  champion,  Lavender 
Viscount.  Autumn  Bloom's  first  calf,  now 
twelve  months  old,  speaks  for  her  as  a  producer. 
Lavender  Princess  10th  by  King's  Secret,  Inter- 
national champion,  son  of  the  International 
grand  champion,  King  Cumberland,  is  out  of  a 
dam  by  Blythe  Baron,  second  dam  by  the  Duthie 
bred  Golden  Mist  out  of  imp.  Lavender  Princess. 
One  of  the  best  three-year-olds  in  the  herd  is 
Lily  Cup  by  Scarlet  Secret  out  of  a  dam  by  Lord 
Golden  Crest.  This  cow  is  the  dam  of  an  out- 
standing fourteen-month-old  bull,  of  such  size, 
form  and  quality  as  to  attract  special  attention 
anywhere.  This  bull  was  sold  at  a  long  price  to 
Kepler  &  Wiltse  and  was  the  first  of  the  1919 
calf  crop  to  leave  the  farm.  Princess  Avondale, 
&^®$®e&  go&d  three-year-old  from  the  Ogden 
herd  represents  top  notch  breeding,  coming 
through  the  best  breeders.  She  is  large  and  her 
first  calf  went  to  one  of  the  well  known  herds  in 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  223 

the  West.  Two  of  America's  best  known  cham- 
pions, Whitehall  Rosedale  and  Cupbearer,  contri- 
bute their  quality  to  Queen's  Gift.  Her  sire  was 
a  son  of  the  former  and  her  dam  was  by  a  double 
grandson  of  the  latter  and  out  of  imp.  Margery. 
The  Duthie  bred  imp.  Sittyton  Victoria  2d  has  a 
granddaughter  in  the  herd  in  Queen  Victoria 
by  Snow  King  out  of  a  dam  by  the  well  known 
Duncan  bull,  Headlight. 

"By  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them"  applies 
with  special  force  to  a  herd  bull  and  Mr.  Russell 
says  he  is  willing  to  have  his  herd  bull,  Walnut 
Type,  so  judged.  His  calves  look  unusually  good. 
He  is  by  a  Harding  bred  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan 
and  out  of  the  Dean  Willis  bred  imp.  Citrina  by 
Silver  Plate,  second  dam  by  Roan  Robin  fol- 
lowed by  Gondolier,  Cumberland,  Barmpton  and 
Scotland's  Pride,  a  line  of  breeding  unexcelled. 
Silver  Plate,  a  white  about  two  years  old,  is  by 
imp.  Bapton  Corporal.  He  is  not  a  show  bull 
but  if  a  young  calf  I  saw  by  him  is  a  sample  of 
his  get,  he  will  make  his  mark,  for  it  involun- 
tarily reminds  one  of  its  grandsire,  imp.  Bapton 
Corporal.  Mr.  Russell  considers  Silver  Plate  a 
very  valuable  breeding  prospect. 

K.  G.  Gigstad,  Lancaster. — It  is  only  reason- 
able to  conclude  that  a  man  who  raised  a  load  of 
steers  that  were  a  national  sensation  would  be 
well  qualified  to  raise  toppy  Shorthorns.  Th;j 
man  who  visits  Mr.  Gigstad 's  farm  expecting  to 


224  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

see  good  cattle  will  not  be  disappointed.  This 
large  herd  was  founded  thirteen  years  ago  and 
only  a  few,  but  very  choice,  additions  have  been 
made  since  that  time.  The  original  purchases 
came  from  excellent  sources  and  were  made  with 
the  same  discriminating  judgment  shown  in  the 
selection  of  the  load  of  steers.  The  additions 
since  then  have  been  of  such  quality  as  men  of 
Mr.  Gigstad's  judgment  and  high  sense  of  ex- 
cellence would  make.  It  seems  superfluous  to 
refer  to  these  cattle  in  detail,  yet  I  cannot  refrain 
from  mentioning  one,  imp.  Millcraie  Costly 
Belle.  There  is  no  discounting  this  cow,  either 
as  an  individual  or  as  a  producer,  and  it  might 
be  mentioned  that  she  has  this  season  suckled  two 
calves,  growing  them  well  and  she  herself  carries 
smooth,  thick  flesh. 

Mr.  Gigstad  early  recognized  the  importance 
of  good  bulls.  The  first  bull  that  enters  into  the 
present  herd  is  Fancy  Choice,  a  Bellows  bred  son 
of  Good  Choice  and  out  of  .a  Duncan  bred  cow, 
Mary  Ellerslie,  coming  as  her  name  indicates 
from  a  dam  bred  by  T.  j .  Wallace  and  carrying  a 
cross  of  the  great  champion,  Young  Abbotsburn. 
He  was  followed  by  Goods,  another  son  of  Good 
Choice.  A  few  years  later,  Golden  Lancaster,  a 
Duncan  bred  son  of  the  sensational  Choice  Goods 
bull,  Golden  Goods,  the  sire  of  Howell  Rees' 
Ruberta's  Goods,  was  purchased.  These  two 
bulls  sired  the  show  steers  mentioned  above. 


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Hampton's  Spicy  by  Hampton's  Successor,  one 
of  the  really  good  sons  of  Hampton's  Best, 
brought  in  the  Merry  Hampton  blood  and  was  a 
splendid  sire.  Imp.  Gallant  Favorite,  an  Ander- 
son bred  son  of  Dunglass  Favorite,  was  used  for 
a  time  and  left  a  lot  of  excellent  young  things. 
Most  of  the  cows  now  on  the  farm  are  bred  to 
Ba.pton  Charm,  a  good,  big,  smooth  son  of  imp. 
Bapton  Corporal  and  imp.  Millcraie  Costly  Belle 
and  highly  satisfactory  results  are  anticipated 
from  this  cross.  A  young  bull  on  the  farm  that  is 
being  watched  with  interest  is  Gallant  Favor.  He 
is  a  son  of  imp.  Gallant  Favorite  and  imp. 
Beauty's  Pride  2d,  an  Anderson  bred  cow  by 
Proud  Brigadier  609477.  He  is  almost  a  year 
old,  too  young  to  have  certain  judgment  passed 
on  him,  but  he  is  very  smooth  and  has  great 
depth  of  body  with  fine  head  and  neck.  If  he 
fills  out  well,  as  he  might  reasonably  be  expected 
to  do,  he  should  be  as  worthy  as  any  of  his  pre- 
decessors. Valuable  additions  were  made  by  pur- 
chase of  some  of  the  best  cattle  in  the  offering  at 
the  leading  1920  sales,  which  puts  the  Gigstad 
herd  in  the  front  ranks. 

H.  A.  MeLenon,  Effingham.* — Mr.  McLenon 
had  been  with  good  grade  Shorthorns  all  his  life 
and  a  few  years  ago  he  decided  to  put  in  pure 
breds  instead  of  grades.  He  has  exceptional 
pasture  conditions  with  plenty  of  forage  of 


Ship  on  Mo.  Pae.  or  Bock  Island. 


226  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

different  kinds  and  with  the  excellent  stock  on 
hand  and  the  interest  taken  in  Shorthorns  it  is 
a  safe  guess  that  he  will  be  a  success  as  a  breeder 
and  put  up  a  first-class  herd. 

A  very  liberal  investment  in  foundation  stock 
.paid  out  with  judgment  has  resulted  in  some 
worthy  specimens  of  the  breed  being  in  the  herd. 
Imported  Allerton  Rosebud  4th  is  a  large  red  of 
more  size  and  quality  than  is  found  in  most  of  the 
imported  cows  I  have  seen.  She  is  a  very  heavy 
flesher,  makes  a  nice  appearance  and  has  to  her 
credit  the  production  of  a  first-class  bull  now 
used  in  the  herd,  to  be  mentioned  later.  Her 
spring  of  heart  rib  joined  to  unusually  smooth 
shoulders  is  noticeable  at  a  glance.  Wimple's 
Clara  bred  by  C.  E.  Leonard  &  Son  and  sired  by 
Wooddale  Stamp  is  an  attractive,  short-legged, 
smooth  caw.  She  has  two  daughters  in  the  herd, 
Miss  Wimple  by  Lord  Julian,  a  son  of  the  noted 
Lord  Avondale  and  Miss  Wimple  2d  by  imp. 
Swinton  Liberty.  Both  these  heifers  promise  to 
develop  well.  Village  Victoria  2d  by  Snow- 
flake  and  out  of  Village  Victoria  28416  is  a  big 
roan  closely  descended  from  Mr.  Cruickshank's 
best  cattle.  There  is  a  large,  white  cow  in  the 
herd  that  attracts  attention  at  sight.  She  also  is 
close  to  Mr.  Cruickshank's  line  of  breeding  and 
has  two  daughters  on  the  farm  tnat  show  she  is 
not  only  a  good  individual  but  is  also  a  good 
breeder.  Aside  from  the  cows  mentioned,  the 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  227 

herd  carries  the  blood  of  Bellows  Bros.'  Good 
Choice  and  Victorallan,  March  Knight,  imp. 
Wood  End  Stamp,  Collynie  Archer  by  Mr. 
Duthie  's  great  bull  Scottish  Arcner  out  of  a  dam 
by  William  of  Orange  and  many  others  of  merit 
though  of  less  reputation. 

The  bull  in  service  is  imp.  Swinton  Liberty  by 
Sanquhar  Searchlight,  a  son  of  the  very  popular 
sire,  Sanquhar  Dreadnaught,  His  dam  is  imp. 
Allerton  Rosebud  4th,  owned  by  Mr.  McLenon 
and  mentioned  before.  When  i  saw  this  bull  he 
had  been  running  in  the  pasture  with  a  part  of 
the  herd  all  summer  without  grain  and  was 
rather  thin  but  he  impressed  me  as  being  smooth 
beyond  the  ordinary  application  of  the  term.  He 
is  a  growthy  fellow,  yet  compact  and  shows  good 
depth  of  body  with  fine  head  and  neck  and  he 
makes  a  splendid  appearance. 

Mr.  McLenon  was  one  of  the  consignors  to  the 
State  Association  sale  held  at  Manhattan  in  1920. 
His  one  entry,  Village  Victoria  2d,  won  second 
place  in  the  strongly  contested  show  and  sold  for 
$800  to  a  critical  buyer,  J.  H.  Holcomb,  of  Hum- 
boldt,  Mr.  McLenon  is  one  of  the  best  educated 
men  of  the  Shorthorn  fraternity  and  he  has  un- 
usually good  judgment  as  has  been  displayed 
in  his  operations. 

C.  A.  Scholz,  Lancaster. — Fourteen  years  ago 
Mr.  Scholz  bought  at  one  of  the  Bellows  sales  a 
two-year-old  heifer  with  a  heifer  calf  at  foot  and 


228  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

bred  again  to  the  noted  Bellows  bull,  Good 
Choice,  from  which  mating  a  heifer  calf  was  se- 
cured. A  short  time  ago  I  saw  the  original  pur- 
chase and  I  have  seldom,  if  ever,  seen  a  sixteen- 
year-old  cow  carrying  a  calf  and  showing  so 
much  vigor.  She  looks  about  like  the  average 
vigorous  eight-year-old  and  by  early  spring  she 
will  have  produced  her  fourteenth  calf.  This 
cow,  known  to  the  breed  as  Westlawn  Blanche, 
has  to  her  credit  a  wonderful  family  with  more 
size  and  real  beef  producing  quality  than  any 
other  family  of  cows  I  have  ever  seen.  The  ma- 
ture cows  in  Mr.  Scholz's  herd  as  I  saw  them 
looked  like  1800  pound  animals  on  grass.  They 
are  nearly  all  suckling  excellent  calves  and  the 
man  whose  admiration  they  would  not  excite  cer- 
tainly has  no  eye  for  big,  smooth,  beefy  Short- 
horns. 

The  heifer  by  Good  Choice,  after  having  pro- 
duced numerous  calves  and  having  quit  breeding, 
was  shipped  to  market  as  an  eleven-year-old  cow, 
without  any  special  feeding,  bringing  a  little  less 
than  $250.  Numerous  small  herds  have  been 
started  from  the  daughters  and  granddaughters 
of  this  cow. 

A  later  addition  to  the  herd  is  imp.  Rosehaugh 
Belle  2d,  a  roan  of  accepted  Scotch  breeding. 
She  is  quite  a  good  individual.  Imported  Sudie 
Maid  bred  by  the  S.  Campbell  Estate  is  also  in 
the  herd.  Her  sire,  Sittyton  Yet,  was  a  Duthie 


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bred  son  of  Knight  of  the  Thistle  and  the  five  top 
dams  in  the  pedigree  are  bred  by  Campbell.  That 
Mr.  Scholz  has  been  using  choice  bulls  may  read- 
ily be  inferred.  Barney  Boy  by  imp.  Royal  Pride 
was  excellent  and  left  good  results  but  the  out- 
standing bull  was  Symphony's  Prince,  bred  by 
S.  C.  Hanna.  He  was  by  Prince  Royal,  a  son  of 
imp.  Collynie  and  imp.  Princess  Royal  62d.  His 
dam  was  Symphony  by  Collynie  and  she  was  out 
of  Syringia  by  Royal  Knight.  On  close  analysis 
of  this  pedigree  it  becomes  clear  why  this  bull 
proved  an  exceptional  breeder,  for  his  entire  an- 
cestry were  not  only  of  rarely  good  descent,  but 
were  great  individuals  of  much  scale  and  no  bull 
could  claim  more  inherited  merit.  Next  came 
Rosedale,  a  splendid,  big,  red  son  of  Avondale  out 
of  imp.  Rosebud  2d.  I  saw  this  bull  at  eight  years 
old  and  he  is  very  impressive,  with  his  straight 
lines,  fine  head  and  neck  and  full  quarters  and  a 
great,  deep  body.  The  bull  now  in  use  is  imp. 
Rosehaugh  by  the  Anderson  bred  Osmond  715169 
and  out  of  imp.  Rosehaugh  Belle  2d,  mentioned 
above.  This  is  a  bull  of  considerable  size  and  the 
young  calves  by  him  please  Mr.  Scholz  very 
much.  He  rather  thinks  he  will  make  one  among 
the  best  bulls  used  in  the  herd. 

The  Glancys,  Atchison. — A  big  herd  main- 
tained under  favorable  farm  conditions  is  what  I 
found  at  this  place.  Most  of  the  cows  seem  to 
have  been  kept  at  the  business  of  raising  calves 


230  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

and  were  a  little  thin  but  the  few  not  suckling- 
made  a  fine  appearance.  They  showed  a  good 
deal  of  size  and  attractiveness.  The  foundation 
for  this  herd  came  from  a  splendid  source,  the 
herd  of  S.  L.  Cheney,  at  Empire  City.  TWO  well 
known  bulls  were  represented  in  these  cattle, 
Lord  Lucan  and  Orange  Blossom's  Breastplate, 
both  of  which  figure  strongly  in  numerous  pedi- 
grees. No  effort  has  been  made  to  carry  any  cer- 
tain line  of  breeding  but  desirable  bulls  coming 
from  good  herds  have  been  used.  The  Glancys 
are  constantly  working  for  better  development 
of  the  young  stock  and  for  a  better  herd  for  ex- 
hibition at  stock  shows.  Twenty  head  were  sold 
at  the  Hiawatha  Breeders  sale  in  November  1919. 
The  1918  heifer  calf  crop  was  sold  to  go  into  Illi- 
nois. The  calf  crop  of  1919  was  sold  privately  at 
satisfactory  prices. 

Among  the  bulls  that  have  been  used  was  the 
white,  Chancellor,  an  excellent  individual  bred  by 
E.  A.  Hess  of  Iowa.  His  sire,  Choice  Knight, 
was  by  Choice  Goods  and  out  of  Lassie  of  Tebo 
Lawn.  His  dam  was  bred  by  Mr.  McDermott 
and  was  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Craibstone. 
Alexander  233061  came  through  J.  G.  Bobbins  & 
Sons  from  Ohio.  His  sire,  imp.  Manchester, 
came  from  Geo.  Shepherd's  and  was  out  of  imp. 
Maud  41st.  Good  Goods  .is  the  bull  now  used. 
He  is  a  big,  smooth  fellow  and  his  sire,  Silk 
Goods,  has  been  well  and  favorably  known  for 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  231 

ten  years.  He  is  one  of  the  few  sons  of  Choice 
Goods  still  in  service  in  Kansas  and  his  dam  is 
Lassie  of  Tebo  Lawn  whose  dam  was  out  of  imp. 
Golden  Hair.  The  dam  of  Good  Goods  is  by  Mel- 
lowhide  by  Prince  Royal,  the  big  son  of  imp.  Col- 
lynie  and  imp.  Princess  Royal  62d.  Mellowhide's 
dam  was  by  Captain  Archer,  a  great  sire  of  show 
stock  and  own  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of 
Lespedeza  Collynie,  International  grand  champ- 
ion in  1919. 

H.  C.  Graner,  Lancaster. — Mr.  Graner  is  an 
old  breeder  who  can  recount  interesting  experi- 
ences of  early  breeders  in  his  locality.  He  has  a 
new  herd,  or  rather  the  foundation  for  a  new 
herd.  Imported  Maria  30th  is  a  low-set  cow  of 
nice  appearance,  combining  the  John  Wilson  line 
of  breeding  with  that  of  Duthie  and  Bruce.  Two 
of  her  daughters  are  in  the  herd,  a  two-year-old 
bred  by  Carpenter  &  Ross  and  sired  by  imp. 
Cluny  Royal  Windsor  and  a  yearling  bred  by 
Mr.  Graner  and  sired  by  imp.  Gallant  Favorite. 
(See  Gigstad  sketch.)  The  appearance  of  these 
heifers  indicates  that  the  cow  is  a  good  producer. 

Imported  Red  Rube,  despite  her  bad  name,  is 
a  good  cow,  rather  an  extra  good  one,  with  a 
great  top  and  heart  girth  and  plenty  of  size.  She 
is  by  Prince  Henry,  bred  by  C.  H.  Jolif  f  e  and  out 
of  Rose  of  Diamonds  by  the  Marr  bred  Dia- 
mond Butterfly.  She  is  a  very  rapid  breeder. 
Her  three-year-old  daughter,  imp.  Red  Rube  2d, 


232  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

promises  to  become  as  valuable  as  her  mother 
and  is  now  suckling  a  promising  calf.  Her  next- 
calf  is  the  young  roan  bull  sold  to  head  the  herd 
of  A.  A.  Tennyson  at  Lamar  and  the  last,  a  big, 
lusty  heifer  by  imp.  Lord  Alexander,  is  on  the 
farm.  It  is  Mr.  Graner's  intention  to  raise  his 
herd  from  these  two  imported  cows  and  their  de- 
scendants, which  it  should  be  easy  to  do,  consid- 
ering their  prolificacy. 

The  herd  bull,  imp.  Lord  Alexander,  is  of 
large  type.  I  saw  him  in  light  flesh  and  he  shows 
plainly  that  he  has  not  been  pushed.  He  is 
straight-lined  and  quite  smooth  and  his  calves 
are  big,  thick  and  smooth.  He  comes  from  the 
Longmore  line  of  cows,  the  same  herd  to  which 
Mr.  Cruickshank  resorted  for  an  outer oss  on  his 
herd  and  the  line  of  sires  in  his  pedigree  comes 
from  some  of  Scotland's  best  breeders. 

The  cattle  described  above  will  be  kept  on  the 
farm  and,  to  make  room  for  the  increase,  the 
large  herd  which  for  years  has  been  well  known 
in  northeast  Kansas  will  be  gradually  closed  out, 
the  Shorthorns  of  modern  breeding  in  time  be- 
coming the  entire  herd. 

Ashcraft  Bros.,  Atchison. — This  is  one  of  the 
old  breeding  establishments  in  northeastern  Kan- 
sas, Ashcraft  Bros,  having  succeeded  their  fath- 
er, A.  M.  Ashcraft  who  was  one  of  the  well  known 
breeders  of  Atchison  county.  Active  operations 
began  twenty-five  years  ago  in  the  purchase  of 


A    HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS  233 

five  nicely  bred  heifers  from  K.  C.  Thomas.  In 
1906  an  additional  purchase  was  made  from  W. 
W.  Brown.  Harmony's  Knight,  bred  by  T.  P. 
Babst  &  Sons,  a  son  of  the  high  priced  Knight's 
Valentine  and  out  of  a  dam  by  Laird  of  Linwood, 
was  the  bull  in  early  service.  Later  Scottish 
Minstrel  by  imp.  Scotch  Mist  was  used.  Free  use 
was  also  made  of  the  Grlancy  bulls.  (See  Glancy 
sketch.) 

A  splendidly  bred  aged  bull  is  now  in  service, 
A  True  Cumberland  385024,  son  of  True  Cum- 
berland 2d,  by  Cumberland's  Last.  His  dam  is 
a  daughter  of  imp.  Cluny  Flora  79th  by  Eoyal 
Pride.  He  is  attractive  even  in  quite  moderate 
flesh  as  I  saw  him,  with  fine  head  and  neck,  good 
quarters,  strong  loin  and  very  deep  body  on  short 
legs.  A  little  openness  and  coarseness  of  shoulder 
are  apparent,  not  a  serious  fault  in  an  old  and 
neglected  bull.  His  calves  look  promising  though 
the  herd  has  not  been  kept  for  best  development 
and  these  calves,  coming  through  the  line  of 
descent  they  do,  should  be  paying  propositions. 
There  are  some  good,  strong  cows  here 
and  only  a  little  improvement  in  handling- 
is  needed. 

R.  M.  Bunnell  &  Sons,  Lancaster. — Mr.  Bunnell 
started  a  good  little  Shorthorn  herd  two  years 
ago  but  it  was  only  recently  that  he  made  most 
important  additions,  which  can  not  fail  to  put  his 
business  on  a  splendid  footing.  The  roan,  Orange 


234  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Victress  5th,  was  bred  by  W.  A.  Betteridge.  She 
is  one  of  the  thick,  smooth  kind  with  much  depth 
of  body  and  stands  on  short  legs.  She  is  a  fine 
prospect  as  a  breeder  and  comes  from  the  best 
ancestry  found  among  western  Shorthorns.  Her 
sire,  Cumberland  Dale,  is  by  Masterpiece  by 
Cumberland's  Last  out  of  an  Avondale  dam.  Her 
dam  is  by  the  famous  old  Victorious  that  round- 
ed out  an  unusual  career  for  Mr.  Gentry  and  Mr. 
Betteridge  and  her  second  dam  is  by  Lavender 
Viceroy,  the  best  known  son  of  Lavender  Vis- 
count. Lady  Avon  4th  comes  from  the  Hoplw 
Stock  Farm.  She  has  much  size  and  smoothness 
and  is  in  every  way  desirable.  Her  sire  is  the  D. 
R.  Hanna  bred  Eastlawn  Champion,  a  grandson 
of  two  famous  bulls,  Newton  Crystal  and  Vil- 
lager. Her  dam  carries  the  Whitehall  Sultan 
blood  through  the  well  known  Fond  Memory  and 
her  grandam  is  by  a  son  of  Avondale  out  of  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Royal  Girl.  The  bull  being  used 
is  Peerless  Goods,  a  very  straight,  smooth  grand- 
son of  Ruberta's  Goods.  His  dam  is  by  a  son  of 
Snowflake,  the  sire  of  Ringmaster,  and  his 
grandson  is  by  Af  ton  Clipper,  a  son  of  Sweet  Af- 
ton,  own  sister  to  Avondale. 

D.  L.  Dawdy,  Arlington. — Mr.  Dawdy  has 
been  in  the  Shorthorn  business  all  his  life.  The 
occasion  of  his  coming  to  Kansas  from  Illinois 
was  the  purchase  of  Governor  Glick's  farm  and 
herd.  (Part  I.)  The  herd  in  July  1919  numbered 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  235 

about  twenty-five  females  of  which  I  shall  men- 
tion a  few.  Archer's  Lovely  is  a  five-year- 
old  red  of  good  size  and  rather  extra  finish.  Her 
sire,  Maid's  Archer,  was  by  the  International 
grand  champion,  Ceremonious  Archer,  out  of 
imp.  Ballechiii  Charming  Maid.  That  she  is  a 
good  producer  and  milker  was  fully  proved  by 
the  appearance  of  the  heifer  calf  at  foot  by  Red 
Line.  This  bull  is  a  son  of  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel 
and  Sobriety  8th  by  imp.  Strowan  Star.  Red 
Queen  comes  from  the  G.  A.  Betteridge  herd. 
Her  sire  is  Victor  Model  by  Orange  Model.  The 
bull  at  the  head  of  the  herd  is  Cumberland  Chief 
by  Secret  Cumberland  by  Dale's  Cumberland 
353509,  a  son  of  Cumberland's  Last  and  Dale's 
Golden  Gift  by  Avondale.  His  dam  is  the  Duncan 
bred  Simplicity  2d  by  Golden  Lavender.  The 
herd  has  passed  the  government  tuberculin  test 
and  is  fully  accredited.  Mr.  Dawdy  has,  in  the 
course  of  his  career,  sold  Shorthorns  to  buyers 
from  fourteen  states.  He  has  the  most  remark- 
able memory  for  dates  and  numbers  of  any  man 
I  have  met.  He  is  sales  manager  for  the  North- 
east Kansas  Breeders  Association. 

W.  H.  Graner,  Atchison.* — Mr.  Graner  is  one 
of  the  old  breeders  of  Atchison  county.  At  the 
Breeders  sale  held  in  Kansas  City  in  1893  he 
bought  three  cows  and  a  bull.  A  year  later  he 
bought  another  cow  and  from  these  his  entire 


Farm  near  Lancaster. 


236  A    HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

herd  of  100  head  is  descended.  During 
these  years  many  animals  of  both  sexes  were 
sold  for  much  more  than  enough  to  pay  the 
maintainance  of  the  herd.  Mr.  Graner  has  been 
a  contributor  to  sales  held  in  Kansas  City  and 
Wichita.  The  cattle  are  not  developed  to  the 
best  possible  degree  but  they  attain  medium  size 
and  milking  quality  is  not  neglected.  It  is  a 
region  of  blue  grass,  this  country  around  Lan- 
caster, and  except  in  the  worst  of  winter,  cattle 
thrive  without  much  attention. 

One  of  the  early  bulls  used  was  Victor  Archer 
by  Golden  Archer  149821  out  of  Pleasant  View 
Victoria  by  Blue  Valley  Duke  3d,  a  son  of  imp. 
Double  Gloster  and  imp.  Lovely  41st.  Ballechin 
Archer  was  by  Ceremonious  Archer  and  out  of 
imp.  Ballechin  Charming  Maid.  The  three  bulls 
now  in  use  are  imp.  Proud  General  77409,  Vil- 
lage Minstrel  by  Sittyton  Minstrel  out  of  Mag- 
net's Pride  41823  and  Red  Villager  by  Villager 
Jr.  These  bulls  are  all  of  accepted  good  breeding. 
Mr.  Graner,  while  living  in  Atchison,  gives  the 
herd  much  personal  attention  and  expects  to  be 
Succeeded  by  his  son,  Louis  F.  Graner. 

Ed  Heglund,  Lancaster. — Three  elegant  roan 
cows,  even  in  size,  style  and  color  and  said  by  Mr. 
Heglund  to  be  representative  of  his  entire  herd, 
were  what  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing  in  a  small 
pasture  near  the  house.  The  foundation  came 
from  C.  D.  Bellows  and  H.  C.  Duncan  with  some 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  237 

additions  made  later.  One  of  these  cows,  it  seem- 
ed to  me,  was  just  what  a  Shorthorn  cow  should 
be,  good  sized,  fine  in  appearance,  finished  from 
end  to  end  and  suckling  a  big  calf,  yet  carrying 
thick,  smooth  flesh.  In  addition  to  the  desirable 
qualities  mentioned,  this  cow  is  a  heavy  milker. 

Among  the  bulls  used  by  Mr.  Heglund  was 
Roan  Goods,  by  that  outstanding  sire,  White 
Goods,  by  Choice  Goods.  Another  was  Goods  by 
Golden  Lancaster,  dam  by  Good  Choice.  (See 
Gigstad  sketch.)  This  bull  was  the  sire  of  the 
cow  mentioned  above.  I  liked  the  young  bull 
now  in  service.  He,  like  the  cows,  is  a  beautiful 
bright  roan  and  comes  from  C.  P.  Tut's  herd  at 
Bunceton,  Missouri.  His  sire  is  Denmark  7th, 
a  D.  R.  Hanna  bred  son  of  Village  Denmark,  the 
great  Villager  bull  used  at  Anoka,  and  out  of  an 
Avondale  dam.  His  dam  is  by  Sultan's  Duke,  a 
son  of  Waverly  Dale  by  Avondale,  a  line  of 
breeding  which  should  give  profitable  results. 
This  herd  has  furnished  some  valuable  founda- 
tion stock  for  other  herds,  among  them  for  that 
of  Harrison  Meyers  of  Leavenworth  county. 

John  Q.  A.  Miller,  Muscotah. — Mr.  Miller  was 
raised  with  Shorthorns  as  his  father,  J.  L.  Miller, 
was  a  breeder  forty  years  ago,  owning  one  of  the 
well  known  herds  of  Atchison  county.  He  has  a 
herd  of  about  twenty  females,  and  only  one  cow 
has  been  added  by  purchase  recently,  the  rest 
having  come  from  the  herd  kept  on  the  farm 


238  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

since  1880.  The  cow  purchased  is  by  imp.  Proud 
Marshall  out  of  a  dam  by  Pitilivie  Chief.  In  gen- 
eral, I  found  the  cows  of  good  size,  straight-lined 
and  indicating  that  they  were  reliable  breeders 
and  good  sucklers.  An  excellent  bull  is  in  service, 
Rosedale  by  Avondale,  out  of  imp.  Rosebud  2d. 
This  big  red  is  a  typical  son  of  Avondale  with 
plenty  of  size  and  uniform  from  end  to  end.  Al- 
though eight  years  old,  he  would  not  be  a  bad 
show  bull  if  put  in  anything  like  show  condition. 
He  was  used  for  three  years  in  the  herd  of  C.  A. 
Scholz  before  coming  to  Mr.  Miller's  and  his 
purchase  by  Mr.  Miller  should  prove  one  of  the 
fortunate  hits  of  his  career.  Excellent  condi- 
tions are  found  on  this  farm  for  the  successful 
production  of  every  kind  of  live  stock.  It  is  a 
land  of  good  pastures  and  alfalfa  and  with  the 
experience  the  proprietor  has  had  with  Short- 
horns he  should  have  no  trouble,  if  he  chooses  to 
do  so,  to  put  his  herd  well  along  toward  the  top 
in  Shorthorn  rank  and  prestige. 

Scholz  Bros.,  Huron.* — Scholz  Bros,  made 
purchases  from  C.  A.  Scholz  six  years  ago  ob- 
taining some  of  the  best  things  from  the  herd,  in- 
cluding Westlawn  Blanche.  (See  C.  A.  Scholz 
sketch. )  These  cows  have  been  very  prolific  and 
the  firm  has  had  heifer  luck.  In  addition  to 
using  the  C.  A.  Scholz  herd  bulls  including  Rose- 
dale  by  Avondale,  they  have  kept  a  bull  of  their 


Ship  on  Mo.  Pac.  or  Rock  Island. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  239 

own  all  the  time.  Golden  Prize  bred  by  K.  G. 
Gigstad  was  by  Golden  Lancaster.  (See  Gigstad 
sketch.)  His  dam  was  a  Bellows  bred  daughter 
of  Victorallan,  followed  by  Lavender  King  3d 
and  Armour  Bearer,  all  high-class  bulls.  Golden 
Prize  proved  a  good  sire  and  much  benefit  re- 
sulted from  his  use.  The  present  bull  is  imp. 
Rosewood  Stamp.  His  ancestry  is  largely  Duthie 
bred  and  includes  the  best  of  that  great  herd.  He 
is  a  big  fellow,  very  compact,  carrying  thick, 
even  flesh  and  the  calves  by  him  out  of  the  big 
cows  are  altogether  promising.  It  is  the  inten- 
tion to  put  up  a  first-class  herd  and  improve- 
ments just  constructed  will  facilitate  doing  so. 
The  pasture  is  excellent  and  there  are  alfalfa 
lands  and  fine  water  in  abundance.  With  these 
favorable  natural  conditions  are  found  the  en- 
ergy and  intelligence  on  the  part  of  the  owners 
to  insure  success. 

Since  the  article  above  was  written  the  calves 
by  imp.  Rosewood  Stamp  are  developing  so  well 
as  to  attract  the  general  attention  of  breeders. 

M.  C.  Vansell  &  Sons,  Muscotah. — This  herd 
has  been  closely  culled.  One  of  the  good  females 
in  the  lot  is  a  roan,  Peerless  Lady.  Her  sire, 
Snowflake  Stamp,  was  by  Snowflake  and  her 
dam  was  by  the  Carpenter  &  Ross  bred  Afton 
Clipper.  Proud  Blossom,  a  two-year-old  roan, 
is  by  Proud  Monarch,  a  son  of  the  noted  sire, 
imp.  Proud  Marshal  and  the  imported  cow, 


240  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Spicy  Beauty  8th.  The  entire  herd  is  as  accept- 
ably bred  as  the  two  mentioned,  not  only  through 
the  line  of  sires  but  on  the  maternal  side  also. 
One  of  the  bulls  that  has  been  used  in  building 
this  herd  is  Rosedale  by  Avondale  out  of  imp. 
Rosebud  2d.  Another  was  Primrose  Royal  by 
Mr.  Hanna's  Prince  Royal.  One  of  the  choice 
things  in  the  herd,  Dale's  Golden  Gift  2d,  is  by 
this  bull.  Dale's  Cumberland,  one  of  the  best 
known  of  the  herd  bulls  was  a  white  by  Cumber- 
land's Last  out  of  Dale's  Golden  Gift  by  Avon- 
dale.  Another  bull  that  has  attracted  attention 
is  Beaver  Creek  Sultan.  He  went  from  Vansell's 
to  Tomson  Bros. '  herd  where  for  several  years  he 
did  good  service.  The  bull  now  used  is  Roan 
Sultan  by  that  noted  sire,  The  Gallant,  the  white 
son  of  Avondale,  and  the  great  cow,  imp.  Rose- 
wood Pride.  He  is  not  only  the  right  kind  of  a 
bull  but  he  is  getting  the  right  kind  of  calves, 
that  bid  fair  to  develop  into  high-class  cows. 

Louthian  Bros.,  Huron.* — This  is  a  firm  of 
young  men,  nephews  of  the  Scholz  Bros.,  and 
their  foundation  was  secured  from  C.  A.  Scholz. 
They  have  some  valuable  cows  and  the  young 
things  on  the  farm  show  good  care.  The  best  al- 
falfa hay  I  have  seen  this  year  was  on  this  farm 
and  alfalfa  is  a  big  factor  in  Shorthorn  develop- 
ment. Louthian  Bros,  have  a  first-class  bull, 
better  than  is  usually  found  in  a  small  herd. 

*       Ship  on  Mo.  Pac.  or  Bock  Island. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  241 

Orange  Victor  454255  by  Premier  Victor  385110, 
is  a  grandson  of  Whitehall  Sultan  and  out  of  a 
dam  by  the  Norton  bred  Courtier  4th.  Orange 
Victor  did  some  service  in  Mr.  Scholz's  herd  and 
is  siring  a  splendid  class  of  calves. 

BARBEK  COUNTY 

V.  E.  DeGeer,  Deerhead.*— In  1908  Mr.  De- 
Geer  stepped  into  the  business  which  his  father 
had  established  in  1892.  There  are  sixty  females 
in  the  herd.  The  calf  crop  is  being  sold  off  every 
fall  and  these  calves  are  giving  satisfaction. 
Duchess  of  Ardlethen  is  by  imp.  Ardlethen  Mys- 
tery and  her  dam  is  by  Lord  Nonpareil  2d,  son 
of  Golden  Lord,  the  last  bull  used  by  Col,  Harris. 
Emblem's  Victoria  is  by  imp.  Proud  Emblem 
Jr.,  one  of  Oklahoma's  popular  sires,  and  her 
dam  is  Lovely  Victoria  by  Lovely  Sultan  2d  307- 
481.  Christmas  is  by  Daring  Archer,  a  Tomson 
bred  son  of  Archer,  he  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of 
imp.  Circe  3d.  The  dam  of  Christmas  is  by  Lav- 
ender's Choice,  a  George  Bothwell  bred  son  of 
Golden  Lavender  out  of  imp.  Winifred  4th. 
Some  of  the  cows  have  pedigrees  that  would  meet 
with  approval  anywhere. 

Bulls  of  a  splendid  line  have  been  used ;  Baron 
Godoy  by  Godoy  Butterfly  out  of  Barmpton's 
Joy,  the  dam  of  Barmpton  Knight ;  imp.  Ardle- 
then Mystery  used  and  much  advertised  by  Col. 

*       Station,  Lake  City ;  telephone,  Ranchman 's,  Lake  City. 


242  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Ed  Green ;  Royal  Pavonia  of  the  same  ancestry 
as  Mr.  Nevius'  Prince  Pavonia  with  imp.  Con- 
queror added  and  Orange  King  2d  by  the  out- 
standing sire,  Victor  Orange.  The  bull  now 
used  is  Albino  by  Alfalfa  Leaf  News  7th,  son  of 
Good  News  out  of  Nonpareil  Victoria  of  John 
Regier's  breeding  for  several  generations. 
His  dam  is  by  Hallwood  Goods,  son  of  Choice 
Goods  and  imp.  Sylvia. 

BOURBON  COUNTY 

C.  M.  Howard  &  Sons,  Hammond. — This  is  one 
of  the  big  herds  of  Kansas  and  consists  largely 
of  double  standard  stock.  While  an  effort  is 
being  made  to  breed  off  the  horns  it  is  not  carried 
to  such  an  extent  as  would  effect  either  the 
size  or  the  quality  of  the  cattle.  I  have  seen  a 
number  of  animals  from  this  herd  and  liked  them 
very  much  for  they  had  size,  finish  and  a  high 
degree  of  practical  utility.  The  herd  was  estab- 
lished in  1898  and  now  100  females  are 
kept  on  the  farm  a  few  miles  north  of  Fort  Scott. 
While  the  cattle  are  not  fed  for  the  best  possible 
development,  yet  they  are  being  well  grown  and 
the  cows  range  in  size  from  medium  to  large. 

The  earlier  purchase  of  foundation  stock  re- 
presented good  individuals  and  the  bulls  used 
have  been  such  as  to  work  improvement.  Later 
purchases  have  been  more  within  the  line  of  uni- 
versal approval  as  to  pedigree  and  the  tendency 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  243 

seems  manifest  to  eventually  bring  the  herd  to 
the  basis  of  the  more  popular  blood  lines  of  the 
day.  At  the  Salter-Robison  sale  in  May,  1920 
three  heifers,  all  well  along  in  calf  to  Dale's  Re- 
nown, were  secured.  Each  of  these  heifers  is 
by  Public  Opinion,  a  son  of  the  splendid  bull, 
Masterpiece,  by  Ben  Wyvis  and  the  breeding  is 
not  only  of  the  best  but  it  is  also  of  the  kind  that 
is  very  popular.  Since  then  Mr.  Howard  bought 
Mina  Marigold  Lady  and  her  heifer  calf  by  imp. 
Proud  Archer.  This  young  cow  is  not  only  of  the 
best  type  but  her  ancestry  is  of  such  quality  as  to 
recommend  her  to  the  most  critical. 

I  shall  mention  only  two  herd  bulls,  both  com- 
ing from  the  leading  Polled  herd  in  America.  Of- 
ficial Duke  bred  by  J.  H.  Miller  was  by  Golden 
Gauntlet,  one  of  the  best  of  Mr.  Miller's  early 
bulls.  The  present  herd  bull,  Forest  Sultan, 
comes  from  Mr.  Miller's.  He  is  by  Sultan's 
Creed  by  Sultan  of  Anoka,  sire  of  more  high- 
class  Polled  herd  bulls  than  any  other  bull  of  the 
breed.  Forest  Sultan's  dam  is  by  Linwood  Favor- 
ite by  imp.  Cock  Robin,  a  bull  of  national  reputa- 
tion as  a  sire.  That  Forest  Sultan  is  a  great  sire 
is  shown  in  his  get  and  the  reason  for  this  may 
easily  be  credited  to  the  fact  that  he  represents  a 
strong  concentration  of  Whitehall  Sultan  and 
imp.  Cock  Robin,  two  of  the  breed's  great  bulls. 

J.  R.  Newman,  Fort  Scott. — Dr.  Newman  is  a 
very  busy  man  with  an  exacting  practice  and, 


244  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

like  many  of  his  profession,  he  is  building  up 
agricultural  and  pastoral  interests  by  keeping 
on  a  farm  near  the  city  some  excellent  Short- 
horns that  afford  recreation,  pleasure  and  profit. 

Waiving  consideration  of  the  herd  prior  to  the 
1919  American  Royal,  the  purchases  made  by 
Dr.  Newman  at  that  sale  put  his  herd  in  a  lead- 
ing position  and  assure  its  favorable  recognition 
by  all  interested  in  the  right  kind  of  cattle. 
Four  cows,  selected  from  among  the  best  of  that 
excellent  offering,  fell  to  his  bidding  and  those 
who  are  familiar  with  the  class  of  cattle  selected 
by  Mr.  Cochel  for  the  Royal  sales  will  admit  that 
Dr.  Newman  purchased  valuable  breeding  stock. 
He  also  purchased  at  the  same  sale  the  outstand- 
ing bull,  Village  Alderman  796609.  This  admir- 
able roan  was  bred  by  Tomson  Bros,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  highest  priced  bulls  in  the  sale,  if  not 
the  top.  His  sire  is  Village  Marshal,  a  winner 
of  numerous  prizes  and  a  breeding  bull  that  in 
the  Tomson  herd  has  attracted  national  atten- 
tion. Village  Alderman  is  out  of  Norwood  Au- 
gusta 3d  by  the  Marr  bred  imp.  Crescent  Knight 
and  his  grandam  is  the  Bruce  bred  imp.  Augusta 
105th  by  Waverly.  The  high  merit  of  this  bull 
combined  with  his  elegant  pedigree  and  with  the 
class  of  cows  as  indicated,  puts  the  Newman  herd 
in  the  first  rank. 

L.  D.  Hayes,  Bronson. — Mr.  Hayes  has  a  herd 
of  twenty  females  that  are  above  the  average  in 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  245 

size.  He  has  been  showing  at  Blue  Mound  and 
at  the  Bourbon  county  fairs,  winning  well  in  all 
classes  shown.  He  has  contributed  to  the  Inter- 
state sales  at  Nevada,  Mo.,  1919  and  at  Fort 
Scott,  1920.  His  location  in  one  of  the  best  cattle 
sections  in  extreme  eastern  Kansas  gives  him  a 
good  local  market  for  his  production.  In  the 
herd  are  daughters  and  granddaughters  of  the 
Cookson  bred  Admiral  Broadhooks,  a  son  of  the 
well  known  Young  Commodore  and  imp.  Scarlet 
Bangle ;  also  of  the  Bellows  bred  Victor  Sultan. 
Lord  Victor,  an  excellent  and  desirably  bred 
roan  bull,  heads  the  herd. 

Elmer  Mclntosh,  Hepler. — Mr.  Mclntosh  has 
bred  Shorthorns  for  ten  years  and  has  kept  his 
herd  closely  culled.  One  of  his  good  cows  is 
Madeline  Lavender  by  a  Bellows  bred  son  of 
Chief  Sultan  279108,  Victor  Sultan.  Her  dam 
is  by  Godwin,  famous  sire  of  splendid  producing 
females.  Roan  Isabella,  another  good  cow,  is  by 
Marr  Cumberland,  a  son  of  Cumberland's  Last 
and  imp.  Lady  Marr.  Victor  Sultan,  mentioned 
above,  was  much  used  in  the  herd.  At  present 
the  herd  bull  is  Choice  Lavender  by  a  son  of 
Best  of  Goods,  well  known  son  of  Choice  Goods 
and  the  excellent  cow,  Runaway  Girl,  by  imp. 
Collynie.  There  are  some  cows  of  very  attrac- 
tive breeding  in  this  herd. 

Will  Edmonds,  Hepler.— While  Mr.  Edmonds 
has  only  a  small  herd,  he  is  making  an  effort  to 


246  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

have  it.  a  good  one.  He  has  used  two  bulls,  both 
from  excellent  ancestry.  Choice  Lavender  is  a 
grandson  of  Bellows  Bros.'  Best  of  Goods  and 
Ms  dam  is  a  daughter  of  the  Duthie  bred  imp. 
Lavender  Champion.  The  other  bull,  Victor 
Sultan  318050,  comes  from  Bellows  Bros,  and 
has  for  sire  Chief  Sultan  by  Whitehall  Chief  and 
his  dam  is  Beaver  Creek  Victoria,  one  of  a  very 
popular  line  of  cows. 

W.  W.  Wilson,  Walnut.*— Mr.  Wilson  and  his 
sons,  while  comparatively  new  in  the  business, 
already  have  ten  females  and  an  excellent  white 
bull.  The  cows  are  rather  large  and  the  young 
stock  is  being  well  grown  out.  I  have  met  Mr. 
Wilson  and  his  boys  and  feel  that  they  will  be- 
come successful  Shorthorn  men.  They  are  co- 
operating with  other  breeders  in  association  sales 
and  in  everything  which  will  build  up  general 
Shorthorn  interests. 

BROWN  COUNTY 

T.  J.  Sands,  Robinson. — Mr.  Sands  is  one  of  the 
best  and  most  favorably  known  breeders  of 
northeast  Kansas.  He  began  his  operations  along 
pure  bred  lines  in  1893,  and  to  use  his  own  ex- 
pression, "The  cows  just  had  to  pay."  While 
this  condition  may  110  longer  apply,  they  are  pay- 
ing and  wrill  continue  to  pay  well.  Just  before 
my  visit  to  Mr.  Sands'  farm  he  had  sold  two  nice 

*       Station,  Savonburg;  telephone,  Hepler. 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  247 

young  cows  at  $1000  each  to  go  into  a  good  Mis- 
souri herd  and  had  refused  the  same  price  for 
two  more  because  he  felt  he  needed  them  in  his 
business.  Mr.  Sands  will  not  be  likely  to  make 
the  mistake  so  frequently  made  by  breeders,  that 
of  selling  anything  in  the  herd  regardless  of 
whether  he  can  spare  it  or  not.  Retaining  one's 
best  is  the  only  way  of  achieving  success  as  a 
breeder. 

Mr.  Sands  has  proceeded  and  is  still  proceed- 
ing along  what  is  usually  known  as  the  line  of 
least  resistance.  He  intends  to  sell  his  customers 
what  they  want  rather  than  to  try  to  sell  them 
what  they  are  not  looking  for.  In  order  to  meet 
all  demands  which  might  be  made  as  far  as  pedi- 
gree is  concerned,  he  has  built  up  his  herd  on 
very  popular  foundations  and  has  used  bulls  of 
entirely  approved  breeding.  This  enables  him  to 
supply  the  demand  of  the  man  who  is  crit- 
ical where  blood  lines  are  concerned,  in  fact  he 
himself  is  one  of  the  most  critical  of  men  in  this 
regard,  probably  because  of  his  desire  to  have  his 
herd  unobjectionable  to  any  one  in  this  respect. 

It  would  be  of  little  interest  to  tell  in  detail  of 
purchases  made  by  Mr.  Sands  nearly  thirty 
years  ago  and  I  shall  confine  myself  to  the  ani- 
mals that  have  gone  to  build  up  the  present  herd. 
Lady  Cinderella,  bred  by  George  Allen,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Lord  Missie  252006,  was  out  of  imp.  Lady 
Clara  4th  bred  by  Duthie  and  sired  by  Golden 


248  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Ray,  sire  of  the  well  remembered  Kansas  bull, 
imp.  Mariner.  Lady  Cinderella  not  only  had 
elegant  breeding  with  the  prestige  of  good  breed- 
ers but  she  was  also  a  good  individual.  Two  of 
her  bulls,  Classical  Sultan  and  Clansman,  did 
satisfactory  service  in  the  herd  for  a  time  and 
there  are  now  eight  of  her  daughters  and  grand- 
daughters on  the  farm.  Another  profitable  pur- 
chase was  Naomi's  Ruth  by  Clipper  Chief  174- 
514.  She  was  out  of  imp.  Naomi  Ruth  2d  by 
imp.  Best  of  Archers.  She  has  produced  a  num- 
ber of  good  calves  and  one  of  her  daughters  by 
Classical  Sultan  is  an  outstanding  producer. 
Ortiz  Victoria  2d  from  the  S.  P.  Emmons'  Sybil 
family,  sired  by  Lord  Lieutenant  2d,  has  been  a 
good  producer  and  she  and  her  descendants 
have  been  very  profitable  and  are  highly 
esteemed  by  Mr.  Sands.  Scottish  Lady  2d  by 
Barmpton  Knight  has  several  daughters  in  the 
herd  and  a  number  of  her  descendants  have  been 
sold.  They  are  large  and  smooth  and  are  excel- 
lent breeders.  One  of  them,  Scotch  Lady  by 
Royal  Leader,  has  a  daughter  that  is  the  dam  of 
a  show  calf.  Several  of  the  cows  in  the  herd 
come  from  Miss  Orange  4th  by  Courtier  2d.  Miss 
Orange  4th  was  owned  by  S.  L.  Cheney,  at  one 
time  the  owrner  of  a  splendid  herd  in  Cherokee 
county.  Imported  Scottish  Belle  by  Scottish 
Gem,  a  son  of  Gartley  Landseer,  is  a  young  cow 
and  the  dam  of  an  unusually  low  down,  smooth, 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  249 

even,  red  bull.  Her  dam  is  by  Golden  Mascot 
Favorite  out  of  a  cow  of  William  of  Orange. 
Imported  Scottish  Belle  is  highly  valued  by  Mr. 
Sands  on  account  of  both  breeding  and  individu- 
al merit.  Possibly  the  best  purchase  made  was 
that  of  imp.  Nonpareil  35th  bred  by  Campbell. 
Her  sire  was  Kintore  Hero.  She  was  bought 
about  ten  years  ago  and  the  five  daughters  in 
the  herd,  together  with  their  descendants,  are 
highly  desirable. 

Royal  Leader  bred  by  W.  A.  Betteridge  was 
one  of  the  best  bulls  used.  His  sire  was  Laven- 
der Viceroy,  son  of  the  International  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount.  His  dam  was  a  daughter  of 
imp  Spartan  Hero,  second  dam  imp.  Princess 
Royal  6th  by  Border  Chief.  Royal  Leader  sired 
a  lot  of  big,  smooth,  beefy  cows  that  are  proving 
excellent  breeders  and  sticklers.  Snowstorm  was 
by  Snowf  lake  out  of  imp.  Bessie  51st,  the  dam  of 
the  wonderfully  good  Choice  Goods  bull,  White 
Goods.  He  was  a  sire  of  exceptionally  smooth, 
finely  finished  cattle.  Classical  Sultan  was  by  the 
Whitehall  Sultan  bull,  Victor  Sultan  and  out  of 
Cinderella  2d,  mentioned  above.  Clansman,  an- 
other bull  used,  was  also  out  of  this  cow  and  by 
Snowstorm.  Both  these  bulls  did  considerable 
service  in  the  herd.  The  present  herd  bull  is 
Lavender  Emblem  a  two-year-old  white.  He  is 
large,  very  close  to  the  ground,  has  an  elegant 
head  and  neck,  very  straight  lines,  a  thick,  deep 


250 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


body,  good  quarters  and  a  fine  covering  of  flesh. 
His  sire  is  Diamond  Emblem  and  his  dam  is 
Maxwalton  Lavender  2d  by  Avondale.  She  is  a 
full  sister  to  Carpenter  &  Ross'  noted  sire,  Max- 


LAVENDEE  EMBLEM,  A  NOTED  KANSAS  STATE  FAIR  AND 
AMERICAN  ROYAL  PRIZE  WINNER 

waltoii  Renown,  second  dam  imp.  Lavender 
Bloom  by  Silver  Plate.  Lavender  Emblem  was 
second  at  Topeka  and  third  at  the  Royal  in  1920. 
That  the  merit  and  breeding  of  this  bull  put  him 
in  a  high  class  can  not  be  denied  and  the  young- 
calves  by  him  are  most  promising. 

J.  F.  Lukert  &  Sons,  Robinson. — More  than 
usual  care  has  been  taken  in  putting  this  business 
on  foot  and  there  is  more  than  the  usual  showing 
found  with  new  breeders.  The  pure  bred  herd 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  251 

is  succeeding  a  herd  of  grade  cows  and  it  is  ad- 
mitted that  the  producer  of  good  high  grades  is 
well  equipped  to  produce  pure  bred  Shorthorns. 
The  cows  selected  are  uniform  in  type  and  that 
type  is  good  size,  close  to  the  ground,  straight 
lines,  feminine  head  and  neck,  with  apparent 
constitution  and  at  least  reasonably  good  milk- 
ing propensity.  The  calves  at  foot  are  numerous 
and  of  desirable  type  and  quality. 

The  purchases  were  made  from  good  herds. 
John  McCoy  &  Son  furnished  several  head  by 
Pride  of  Collynie,  Good  Scotchman  and  Gladys' 
Chief,  the  first  named  having  been  a  full  brother 
to  the  dam  of  an  International  grand  champion 
and  the  last  named  out  of  a  full  sister  to  the 
champion,  Lavender  Viscount.  (See  McCoy 
sketch.)  Secret  Goods  by  Howell  Rees  &  Sons' 
Ruberta's  Goods  is  out  of  a  dam  by  Norton's  ex- 
cellent Banker's  Victor.  Lord  Lancaster  by 
Governor  Shallenberger  's  His  Highness ;  Orange 
Lad  representing  Lavender  Viceroy;  Lovely's 
Scotchman  by  Good  Scotchman  mentioned  above 
and  other  bulls  of  similar  breeding  and  quality 
are  the  sires  of  the  cows  found  on  the  Lukert 
farm. 

The  bull  used  the  past  season,  the  sire  of  the 
calves,  is  a  nice  roan,  rather  large  but  smooth 
and  even.  He  is  by  Augusta's  Sultan,  bred  at 
Browndale,  and  out  of  Sittyton  Augusta  2d  by 
Masterpiece.  He  is  satisfactory  and  would  be 


252  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

retained  longer  but  for  the  purchase  of  a  red, 
imp.  Myreton  Seal,  a  Bruce  bred  son  of  Sir  Star. 
This  bull  has  good  length,  he  is  smooth  and  even, 
with  nice  head  and  neck  and  is  attractive,  but 
like  most  of  the  bulls  recently  imported,  is  not 
so  well  grown  out  as  our  best  American  speci- 
mens. Two  other  additions  to  the  herd  recently 
acquired  by  purchase  are  Saturn  Secret  and 
Choice  Butterfly.  Saturn  Secret  was  bred  by 
Mr.  Harshberger  and  sired  by  Sir  Charming 
10th.  Her  dam  was  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Knight  Templar.  Choice  Butterfly  is  by  Col- 
lynie  Goods  who  was  a  full  brother  to  Diamond 
Emblem,  he  having  had  for  sire  the  champion, 
Diamond  Goods  and  for  dam  the  elegant  cow, 
Emily  by  imp.  Collynie.  (See  H.  M.  Hill  sketch.) 

If  the  reader  will  stop  to  consider  the  value  of 
a  foundation  such  as  is  presented  in  this  herd,  he 
will  be  convinced  that  it  is  the  right  way  to  begin. 
The  idea  of  the  Lukerts  was  to  get  the  kind  of 
cattle  they  wanted  and  in  doing  so  they  got  ele- 
gant ancestry  as  well,  for  only  rarely  do  first- 
class  Shorthorns  come  from  any  but  first-class 
ancestors. 

John  McCoy  &  Son,  Sabetha. — There  are  few 
better  herds  in  Kansas  than  the  McCoy  herd. 
It  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  state  and  after  forty- 
one  years  is  still  partially  under  the. care  of  the 
founder.  The  foundation  was  laid  with  excellent 
judgment.  Mr.  McCoy  tells  the  story  of  how  he 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  253 

went  to  John  G.  Cowan's  in  1881  with  money 
enough  to  buy,  as  he  thought,  seven  or  eight  cows 
and  Uncle  John  explained  to  him  why  he  should 
buy  the  very  best  though  fewer  in  number.  He 
took  the  advice  and  went  home  with  four  fe- 
males, two  by  Loudon  Duke  6th  and  two  that 
were  out  of  his  daughters. 

Loudon  Duke  6th  was  one  of  the  greatest 
American  bulls  and  these  excellent  purchases 
were  worthy  of  consideration  anywhere.  Lord 
Byron,  also  from  the  Cowan  herd  by  Bell  Duke 
of  Thorndale  was  a  show  bull  of  the  first  class 
and  proved  a  good  sire.  Again  the  Cowan  herd 
was  resorted  to  for  a  bull  and  this  time  a  son  of 
imp.  Scottish  Lord  was  chosen.  It  was  the  first 
strong  infusion  of  Scotch  blood  and  on  the  big, 
smooth  cows  a  great  success  was  scored. 

For  years  no  additions  of  females  were  made 
but  later  some  choice  specimens  were  added.  As 
I  saw  them  they  were  all  of  the  same  old  McCoy 
type  as  the  cows  descended  from  the  Cowan  pur- 
chases. They  are  all  of  the  choicest  modern 
breeding.  Three  of  them  I  especially  noted.  One 
came  from  W.  A.  Betteridge,  one  from  T.  J. 
Dawe  and  one  from  Everett  Hayes  and  a  few 
other  choice  ones  came  from  R.  T.  Scott  of  Ne- 
braska. 

Good  bulls  have  always  been  used  in  this  herd. 
While  this  does  not  mean  that  in  every  case  they 
were  bred  in  the  latest  fashion,  yet  it  would  be 


254  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

hard  to  find  a  more  popularly  bred  bull,  or  one 
descended  from  better  ancestry  than  Pride  of 
Collynie.  He  was  own  brother  to  Captain  Archer, 
Stodder's  famous  sire,  and  to  Sweet  Mistletoe, 
dam  of  the  $4100  Imperial  Mistletoe  and  Les- 
pedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  International  grand 
champion.  Gladys'  Chief,  another  good  one,  was 
by  Chief  Justice  by  imp.  Spartan  Hero  and  out 
of  a  full  sister  to  the  International  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount.  Secret  Goods,  by  Ruberta's 
Goods  was  used  with  excellent  results  for  sev- 
eral years  and  Good  Scotchman  by  Scotchman 
245103  out  of  Good  Lassie,  a  granddaughter  of 
imp.  Golden  Hair  by  Choice  Goods,  grand 
champion  of  America,  was  used  until  recently, 
siring  a  splendid  lot  of  females. 

The  history  of  the  McCoy  herd  is  one  of  con- 
tinuous success.  It  has  almost  ceased  to  be  a 
question  of  improvement  but  it  is  now  rather  a 
question  of  maintaining  unusual  size  and  quality. 
This  standard  has  been  attained  by  sound  judg- 
ment, liberal  feeding  and  good  care.  The  herd 
is  a  living  monument  to  a  man  who  recognized  no 
rule  except  that  of  individual  excellence. 

N.  B.  Hansen,  Willis. — Mr.  Hansen  apparent- 
ly has  everything  needed  to  make  a  success  of 
Shorthorns  including  a  first-class  farm.  More 
than  ordinary  judgment  has  been  used  in  mak- 
ing initial  purchases.  The  cows  are  good  indi- 
viduals, nearly  all  of  them  having  plenty  of  size 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  255 

and  being  of  the  type  usually  proving  reliable 
breeders.  Bulls  from  good  herds  have  been  used 
with  satisfactory  results. 

Three  of  the  cows  came  through  Miss  Sharon 
5th  bred  by  G.  Y.  Johnson  and  sired  by  Royal 
Sharon,  a  son  of  Courtier  2d  by  imp.  Prince 
Bishop  out  of  Norton's  Sweet  Charity  4th.  Two 
others  are  worthy  of  special  mention.  One  is 
Emblem's  May  by  the  well  known  Diamond  Em- 
blem, Mr.  Dawe's  late  show  and  breeding  bull, 
whose  get  in  the  Dawe  show  herd  recently  won 
honors  at  the  Missouri  state  fair.  Her  dam  is 
by  Good  Scotchman,  the  splendid  bull  used  so 
successfully  by  D.  E.  Reber  and  John  McCoy. 
The  other  cow  is  Lady  Marshal  by  Cumberland 
Marshal,  best  known  to  Kansas  breeders  as  the 
sire  of  Village  Marshal,  the  big  white  bull  at  the 
head  of  Tomson  Bros.'  herd.  Her  dam  is  by 
King  Cumberland  2d  by  Cumberland's  Last, 
a  line  of  breeding  not  excelled.  Mr.  Hansen 
made  a  valuable  addition  to  his  herd  in 
Victoria  Dream  756125  bought  at  the  1920  Cen- 
tral sale  and  will  continue  to  improve  both  by 
breeding  and  by  purchase. 

H.  V.  Kleppe  &  Sons,  Everest* — Here  is  a  herd 
of  fifty  females  descended  from  excellent  an- 
cestry. Matilda,  a  daughter  of  the  McDermott 
bred  True  Goods,  is  out  of  Naomi  Ruth  5th,  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Naomi's  Ruth  2d.  Another 


Telephone,  Leona  Mutual. 


256  A    HISTORY    OF  SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

good  daughter  of  True  Goods  is  the  red,  Goldie. 
Her  dam  is  by  Snowflake  Baron,  son  of  Snow- 
flake,  sire  of  the  International  grand  champion, 
Ringmaster.  Scotchman's  Helene  is  a  white  by 
Good  Scotchman,  a  bull  that  did  splendid  service 
for  years  in  Brown  county.  Good  Scotchman's 
dam  was  the  well  known  Good  Lassie  by  Choice 
Goods.  Emblem's  May  is  by  Diamond  Emblem, 
well  known  sire  and  show  bull  in  T.  J.  Dawe's 
herd.  The  dam  of  Emblem's  May  was  by  Good 
Scotchman.  The  cows  range  in  size  from  medium 
to  large  and  the  herd  is  being  given  liberal  treat- 
ment. 

One  of  the  best  bulls  used  was  True  Goods,  a 
son  of  Fair  Goods,  the  son  of  two  famous  show 
and  breeding  animals,  Choice  Goods  and  Ru- 
berta.  Choice  Goods  was  America's  champion 
for  three  years  and  Ruberta  was  the  undefeated 
show  cow  of  her  day  and  one  of  the  country's 
best  producers.  Clansman,  bred  and  much  used 
by  T.  J.  Sands,  was  also  in  service.  The  present 
herd  bull,  Homewood  Augusta  Lad,  is  a  red  by 
Village  Glory  out  of  Village  Augusta,  both  his 
sire  and  dam  being  by  Villager  Omega,  one  of  the 
favorably  known  sons  of  imp.  Villager. 

E.  E.  Taylor,  Hiawatha. — Mr.  Taylor  has  a 
good  little  herd  which  he  is  planning  to  increase 
both  in  numbers  and  in  quality.  He  is  well 
located  for  the  business.  Recently  he  has  taken 
steps  which  make  his  an  accredited  herd.  Some 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  257 

real  Shorthorn  bulls  appear  in  the  immediate 
ancestry  of  Mr.  Taylor's  cattle.  Pride  of  Col- 
lynie  out  of  imp.  Collynie  and  out  of  imp.  Mistle- 
toe 15th  was  a  bull  that  sired  a  great  lot  of  cows 
for  John  McCoy  and  he  was  own  brother  to 
Captain  Archer  and  Sweet  Mistletoe;  Snow- 
flake,  owned  and  well  known  in  Brown  county, 
later  the  sire  of  Ringmaster,  American  grand 
champion;  Victor  Butterfly,  the  sire  of  Victor 
Orange,  Henry  Stunkel's  great  breeding  bull; 
Dale's  Cumberland  by  Cumberland's  Last; 
Prince  of  Tebo  Lawn ;  Koyal  Diadem  and  Snow- 
storm, both  good  ones,  used  locally;  imp.  Cup- 
bearer, three  years  America's  champion; 
Barmpton  Knight  that  went  from  this  locality 
to  Tomson  Bros,  and  became  famous  all  over  the 
West  and  Hampton's  Best,  a  great  sire  by  imp. 
Merry  Hampton. 

The  herd  bull  is  Secret  Cumberland  by  Dale's 
Cumberland  and  his  dam  is  by  Golden  Lavender 
from  George  BothwelFs  herd,  out  of  a  Grand 
Victor  cow.  It  is  only  reasonable  to  presume  that 
this  infusion  of  excellent  blood  both  in  females 
and  in  the  herd  bull  with  the  practice  of  proper 
care  and  liberal  feeding  will  enable  Mr.  Taylor 
to  produce  first-class  Shorthorns. 

C.  A.  Babbit,  Willis. — Mr.  Babbit  keeps  only  a 
few  cows  but  he  says  these  may  as  well  be  Short- 
horns, even  though  he  milks  them.  The  little 
herd  is  selected  with  a  view  of  producing  good 


258  A    HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS 

calves  and  a  profitable  amount  of  milk.  This 
line  of  work  will  be  continued.  Thoughtful 
people  everywhere  recognize  that  on  high  priced 
land  every  edge  must  cut  if  anything  like  a  rea- 
sonable profit  is  to  be  made  in  farming  and  this 
plan  of  Mr.  Babbit's  with  good  milking  Short- 
horns instead  of  scrubs  is  rapidly  gaining  in 
favor. 

BUTLER  COUNTY 

Park  E.  Salter,  Wichita.— This  is  one  of  the 
leading  herds  in  the  entire  central  West  and  its 
rise  to  prominence  has  been  very  rapid.  The 
farm  upon  which  the  herd  has  been  kept  until 
this  time  is  twenty  miles  southeast  of  Wichita 
and  consists  of  about  1000  acres  of  excellent 
limestone  blue  stem  land.  Good  crops  of  alfalfa 
are  being  grown.  Mr.  Salter  has  recently  bought 
two  farms  of  160  acres  each,  close  together, 
lying  ten  miles  east  of  Wichita  and  the  three 
farms  will  be  used  in  the  growing  of  Shorthorns, 
the  cattle  being  divided  to  suit  the  occasion.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  find  better  natural  re- 
sources for  successfully  carrying  on  the  work 
than  are  found  here — all  kinds  of  pasture,  an 
abundance  of  running  water  of  the  best  quality, 
fertile  fields  that  will  grow  big  crops  of  forage, 
with  plenty  of  sheltered  locations  in  belts  of  tim- 
ber to  furnish  shade  in  summer  and  comfort  in 
winter.  The  improvements  already  on  the  farms 


IMP.  BAPTON  COIIPOKAL 


260  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

and  those  planned  for  the  future  will  facilitate 
the  handling  of  stock  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
How  Mr.  Salter  came  to  take  up  breeding  Short- 
horns and  what  he  has  accomplished  is  one  of 
the  interesting  stories  of  the  development  of  the 
industry  in  Kansas. 

It  was  in  the  cheap  times,  about  1890,  that  Mr. 
Salter 's  father  bought  a  red  Shorthorn  bull  calf 
(they  had  to  be  red  in  those  days)  and  turned  it 
over  to  Park,  then  a  boy,  with  instructions  to 
take  care  of  it.  The  boy  did  so,  not  only  feeding 
it  well  but  breaking  it  to  lead  and  to  ride.  The 
bull  developed  into  a  big,  fine  fellow  and  was 
the  basis  of  Mr.  Salter 's  early  fondness  for 
Shorthorns. 

Some  years  ago  while  still  handling  steers  in 
large  numbers,  as  was  the  custom  of  all  farmers 
in  his  neighborhood,  Mr.  Salter  decided  that  the 
buying  and  selling  of  steers  was  too  uncertain 
and  concluded  he  would  keep  cows  instead.  Be- 
ing unable  to  buy  a  lot  of  good  grade  cows,  he 
bought  some  cheap  pure  brcds  but,  like  many 
others,  he  did  not  adhere  closely  to  the  original 
plan  of  producing  only  market  cattle.  By  selling 
and  buying  he  improved  the  quality  of  his  cows 
and,  after  using  medium  bulls  for  two  years,  he 
awoke  to  the  fact  that  if  he  was  to  make  any 
mark  as  a  breeder  he  must  have  a  high-class  bull. 
Rosewood  Dale,  a  son  of  Avondale,  the  outstand- 
ing bull  of  his  day  and  out  of  imp.  Rosewood  92d, 


262  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

one  of  the  best  cows  in  the  Carpenter  &  Ross 
herd,  was  available  and  for  $3000  he  was  placed 
at  the  head  of  the  Salter  herd  of  Shorthorns. 
Better  cows  were  added,  some  of  the  first  good 
ones  having  been  secured  at  the  dispersion  of  the 
Hasebrook  herd  in  Wilson  county. 

Mr.  Salter  now  had  some  cows  of  real  excel- 
lence and  an  outstanding  bull.  Most  men  would 
have  been  satisfied  with  this  start  and  would 
have  settled  down  to  a  quite,  easy  life.  It  was  at 
this  time  that  I  first  met  Mr.  Salter  and  he  told 
me  within  fifteen  minutes  that  he  was  going  to 
have  cows  as  good  as  any  one  had  and  as  good  a 
bull  to  help  Rosewood  Dale  as  he  could  find.  The 
purchase  of  some  excellent  cows  in  Canada  along 
with  the  bull,  imp.  Newton  Friar,  followed.  Im- 
ported Bapton  Corporal,  the  top  bull  of  the  Car- 
penter &  Ross  importation  and  more  high-class 
cows  were  added.  Imported  British  Emblem 
came  a  little  later  and  all  the  while  Mr.  Salter 
kept  his  eyes  open  for  cows.  This  process  has 
been  going  on  and  the  indications  are  that  it  will 
continue  indefinitely. 

The  buying  and  selling  of  the  cheaper  class  of 
Shorthorns,  in  which  line  Mr.  Salter  did  a  large 
business,  have  been  mostly  discontinued  and  it 
is  now  the  main  object  to  produce  as  good  a  herd 
as  possible  and  to  have  it  unobjectionable  in 
every  way  to  the  critical  buyer.  The  material  on 
hand  for  the  production  of  such  a  herd  is  of  the 


264  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

best.  In  fact,  the  herd  is  already  on  the  farm 
but  the  same  desire  for  improvement  that  led 
Mr.  Salter  to  change  from  medium  to  high-class 
cows  and  from  a  common  bull  at  $150  to  Rose- 
wood Dale  at  $3000  will  manifest  itself  as  long  as 
he  breeds  Shorthorns  for  by  nature  and  inclin- 
ation he  belongs  in  the  class  that  seeks  better- 
ment. 

A  visit  to  the  pastures  will  convince  any  one  as 
to  the  quality  of  the  cattle.  Good  ones  are  plenti- 
ful and  it  is  not  difficult  to  find  those  of  out- 
standing quality.  Among  these  is  Hallwood  Lav- 
ender by  the  well  known  sire,  Village  Flash.  She 
is  the  dam  of  a  very  promising  roan  bull  calf. 
Lavender  Leaf  comes  from  Canada,  from  the 
herds  of  W.  C.  Edwards.  Her  sire,  Prince 
of  Orange,  was  a  noted  son  of  Missie  's  Champion. 
One  of  her  daughters  sold  in  the  1919  Salter  sale 
for  $2000.  An  imported  daughter  of  the  noted 
bull  Keep  Smiling  is  Whitehall  Mist.  She  is  deep, 
thick  and  smooth  and  her  maternal  ancestry  for 
several  generations  comes  from  Mr.  Durno's 
noted  herd.  She  has  a  wonderfully  promising 
white  calf  that  looks  every  inch  a  real  bull  and 
is  slated  for  at  least  some  service  in  the  herd  and 
probably  for  a  show  yard  career. 

It  will  be  recalled  that  in  his  1919  sale  Mr.  Sal- 
ter sold  a  cow  for  $3500.  Cherry  Blossom  6th  is 
a  highly  prized  daughter  of  this  cow  that  topped 
the  highest  sale  ever  held  in  Kansas.  Countess 


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266  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Missie  is  an  elegant  light  roan  and  comes 
from  Canada.  Her  sire  was  Bandsman  Com- 
mander and  her  dam  was  by  imp.  Old  Lancaster, 
one  of  the  best  bulls  among  the  many  good  Can- 
adian sires.  Fair  Mona  is  by  Pair  Acres  Sultan, 
the  most  noted  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan  ever 
used  in  the  Southwest  and  her  dam  is  by  Fair 
Goods,  the  son  of  the  champion,  Choice  Goods 
out  of  Ruberta,  that  as  a  heifer  and  cow  occupies 
a  leading  position  in  American  Shorthorn  his- 
tory. I  shall  not  close  this  account  of  the  cows  in 
Mr.  Salter's  herd  without  telling  of  three  splen- 
did daughters  of  Hampton  Spray.  These  are  not 
show  cows;  Hampton  Spray  was  not  known  as 
a  sire  of  show  stock,  but  he  did  get  heifers  that 
developed  into  big,  rugged  breeding  cows  such 
as  few  bulls  have  to  their  credit.  On  their  dam's 
side  these  cows  represent  four  bulls  whose  names 
are  household  words  in  Kansas  and  Oklahoma 
Shorthorn  circles :  imp.  Collynie,  Captain  Arch- 
er, imp.  Lord  Cowslip  and  Royal  Knight.  (See 
Hanna  sketch.) 

The  regard  in  which  Mr.  Salter  's  herd  is  held 
is  best  found  in  the  appraisement  placed  on  its 
products  by  the  buying  public.  Several  public 
sales  had  been  made  prior  to  1919  at  which  good 
prices  had  been  secured  and  numerous  private 
transactions  had  scattered  Park  Place  Short- 
horns over  a  wide  territory.  The  announcement 
that  fifty  head  from  the  herd  were  to  be  sold  at 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  267 

auction  in  Wichita,  May  16,  1919,  brought  out  a 
large  crowd  from  a  number  of  states.  The  sale 
was  a  success  in  every  way  with  a  general  aver- 
age for  the  entire  lot  of  more  than  $1500  making 
it  the  record  sale  for  the  state.  The  top  price  for 
bulls  was  $10000  paid  for  2d  Pair  Acres  Sultan 
and  for  females  $3500  paid  for  Cherry  Blossom 
6th.  Two  bull  calves  and  two  heifer  calves  by 
imp.  Bapton  Corporal  brought  an  average  of 
$1450  and  a  yearling  heifer  by  Rosewood  Dale 
brought  $2000, 

When  the  1920  sale  was  announced  for  May  15, 
there  were  those  who  wondered  if  Mr.  Salter 
would  be  able  to  secure  so  high  an  average  as  the 
year  before.  It  was  pointed  out  that  he  did  not 
have  a  $10000  two-year-old  bull  to  help  pull 
values  up  and  that  the  money  market  which  was 
tight  would  naturally  affect  purchases  of  high 
priced  stock.  The  day  was  rainy  but  a  large 
crowd  from  seven  states  was  present  and  the 
entire  offering  from  Park  Place  Farm  was  sold 
at  an  average  of  more  than  $1900.  Missie's  Last 
a  six-year-old  grandson  of  Whitehall  Sultan  that 
had  been  doing  service  in  the  herd  brought  $6100 
going  to  H.  C.  Lookabaugh  and  the  fifteen- 
month-old  Emblem  Jr.  by  imp.  British  Emblem 
went  to  E.  S.  Dale  of  Protection,  Kansas  at 
$4000.  Miss  Snowbird  Sultan  and  her  white 
heifer  calf  by  Pair  Acres  Sultan  Jr.  went  to  Car- 
penter &  Ross  at  $5000  and  Lady  Supreme, 


268  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

grand  champion  at  Denver,  the  Kansas  National, 
Fort  Worth,  at  innumerable  state  fairs  and  at 
the  American  Royal  was  knocked  off  to  Prank 
Scofield  of  Texas  at  $4800.  By  reason  of  these 
prices  Mr.  Salter  now  holds  the  record  of  having 
made  the  highest  priced  and  second  highest 
priced  sale  of  Shorthorns  in  Kansas;  also  of 
selling  the  highest  priced  bull  and  the  highest 
priced  cow  sold  in  the  state  and  of  producing  and 
selling  the  highest  priced  fifteen-month-old  bull 
ever  sold  in  the  state. 

John  Regier,  Whitewater. — If  you  do  not 
know  Mr.  Regier  you  should  get  acquainted  with 
him  for  he  is  one  of  Nature's  noblemen.  Quiet, 
unassuming,  and  conservative  he  is  honest  as  the 
mid-June  day  is  long.  When  he  makes  a  state- 
ment, it  is  true.  But  that  is  not  all.  He  is  a 
Shorthorn  breeder  with  a  record  of  achievement 
such  as  only- a  few  breeders  in  Kansas  can  show. 
His  twenty-five  females,  with  the  exception  of 
two,  were  bred  on  the  farm  and  most  of  them 
are  from  cows  of  his  own  breeding.  There  is 
not  a  second-class  animal  in  the  lot. 

It  is  a  uniform  herd,  nothing  extremely  large 
and  nothing  small,  just  a  herd  of  good,  big,  beefy, 
smooth  Shorthorns.  Every  cow  raises  her  own 
calf  and  it  grows  big  and  fat.  The  Regier  herd  is 
well  fed  and  well  cared  for  but  the  feed  is  not 
expensive.  Ensilage  and  alfalfa  are  used  with  a 
protein  ration  for  the  calves.  I  saw  the  cows 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


269 


recently,  some  of  them  suckling,  and  they  are 
as  thrifty  a  lot  as  one  could  wish  to  find.  This 
ability  to  do  well  on  farm  feeds  is  second  nature 
with  these  cattle,  for  generations  of  such  feeding 


NONPAEEIL  STAB 


with  a  little  culling  out — not  much  culling  has 
been  necessary — has  done  the  work. 

Mr.  Regier  began  breeding  in  1902.  In  1905 
he  began  showing.  He  went  to  the  Butler  county 
and  the  Harvey  county  fairs  and  quoting  his  own 
words,  "I  got  first  in  every  class  entered."  The 
next  year  he  ventured  farther  from  home,  going 
to  Hutchinson,  which  was  at  that  time  endeavor- 
ing to  be  the  permanent  location  for  the  state 
fair,  where  with  plenty  of  competition  he  did  not 


270 


A    HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


win  everything  for  which  he  showed  but  he  won 
his  share,  among  which  was  first  on  bull  calf.  W. 
A.  Harris  was  the  judge.  Later  he  showed  at 
Topeka,  Wichita,  Hutchinson  and  Kansas  City, 


GOOD  NEWS 

always  well  in  the  money  but  seldom  at  the  top 
for  the  reason  that  most  exhibitors  had  nurse 
cows  and  all  kinds  of  dainties  and  Scotchmen  for 
their  cattle  while  Mr.  Regier  had  only  the  calf's 
mother  and  good  ordinary  feed  and  himself  as 
herdsman. 

The  reader  will  want  to  know  something  of 
these  cows.  Calla  2d,  a  twelve-year-old  red,  but 
very  vigorous  and  thrifty,  is  by  Nonpareil  Star. 
Her  dam  is  by  Orange  Hero,  a  son  of  Godoy,  he 


A   HISTORY   OP  SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  271 

by  imp.  Spartan  Hero  out  of  imp.  Golden  Thistle. 
Calla  2d's  second  dam  is  Bashful  6th  by  Prince 
President  2d,  the  son  of  imp.  Prince  President 
and  Mysie  45th,  a  cow  that  was  the  dam  of  sever- 
al good  herd  bulls.  Then  there  is  Calla  3d,  a  roan 
daughter  of  Calla  2d  by  Good  News,  the  bull  that 
was  shown  at  three  state  fairs  and  won  three 
firsts,  before  Mr.  Regier  bought  him.  News  Vic- 
toria— the  cattle  are  named  after  their  ancestry 
—is  one  of  the  good  ones  and  like  Calla  3d  she  is 
a  daughter  of  New  Goods  but  her  dam  breaks  in- 
to a  new  line.  When  Jas.  Tom  son,  away  back  in 
1897,  saw  the  red  bull  calf  that  tickled  his  fancy 
and  straightway  told  his  father  that  was  the 
bull  they  must  buy,  Gallant  Knight  had  his  com- 
ing-out party  and  this  daughter  of  New  Goods 
had  for  a  dam  5th  Elderlawn  Victoria  by  Gallant 
Knight  and  for  grandam  Victoria  of  Maple  Hill 
by  Chief  Violet  of  Maple  Hill.  Another  daugh- 
ter of  New  Goods  is  Edelweiss  9th,  a  seven-year- 
old  roan  out  of  Edelweiss  3d  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Lord  Banff. 

It  was  in  1904  or  1905  that  Mr.  Regier  wanted 
a  Shorthorn  cow  as  good  as  the  best.  M.  E.  Jones 
had  bought  imp.  Lord  Banff,  a  bull  for  which  G. 
E.  Ward  had  paid  the  then  unheard-of  price  of 
$5100  and  Jones  was  selling  some  cows  bred  to 
him  and  some  with  calves  at  foot  by  him.  Im- 
ported Edelweiss,  probably  the  best,  at  least  the 
highest  priced  one  and  one  of  the  highest  priced 


272  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

cows  sold  in  America  that  year  came  to  Mr. 
Regier's  along  with  a  heifer  calf  by  imp.  Lord 
Banff.  This  heifer  was  Edelweiss  3d  and  it  is 
from  this  Edelweiss  purchase  that  a  cow  bred  by 


MAXW ALTON  MANDOLIN 

Mr.  Eegier  topped  one  of  the  Salter  sales  at 
$1625. 

We  have  been  told  and  are  telling  over  and 
over  again  that  the  bull  is  the  big  end  of  the  busi- 
ness. Nonpareil  Star  was  the  first  of  Mr.  Re- 
gier  's  bulls.  So  good  an  authority  as  B.  O.  Cowan 
has  told  us  in  his  History  of  Missouri  Shorthorns 
that  there  was  little  use  of  any  one  else  showing 
against  George  Bothwell  and  the  get  of  imp. 
Nonpareil  Victor.  Nonpareil  Star  was  the  bull 
calf  in  one  of  Mr.  BothwelPs  greatest  show  herds 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  273 

and  he  was  by  imp.  Nonpareil  Victor.  His  dam 
was  by  Chief  Violet  4th,  a  son  of  Scottish  Chief, 
sire  of  Rosedale  Violet  9th  and  out  of  Rosedale 
Violet  2d,  a  daughter  of  imp.  Marsh  Violet. 

•Good  News  is  the  next  bull  that  left  an  impress 
on  the  herd.  His  sire  was  New  Goods,  a  son  of 
Choice  Goods  out  of  a  cow  by  imp.  Collynie  and 
his  dam  was  by  a  son  of  Lavender  Viscount, 
grand  champion  at  the  first  International  show 
in  1900.  Then  came  Dale  Emblem,  son  of  Owen 
Kane's  Double  Dale,  the  great  double  cross 
Avondale  sire  of  such  unusual  excellence.  Dale 
Emblem's  dam  was  by  Snowflake,  sire  of  King- 
master,  the  only  bull  ever  awarded  the  Inter- 
national grand  championship  three  times.  Scotch 
Cumberland  followed  Double  Dale.  His  sire  is 
Cumberland  Type,  the  most  sensational  show 
bull  of  recent  years,  said  to  have  been  shown 
thirty-seven  times  at  America's  biggest  shows 
and  to  have  won  thirty-seven  first  prizes.  His 
sire  was  by  Cumberland's  Last,  the  greatest  bull 
in  C.  A.  Saunders'  herd.  Scotch  Cumberland's 
dam  is  by  Burwood  Royal  bred  by  Herr  Bros.  & 
Reynolds  and  sold  to  Mr.  Saunders.  Maxwalton 
Mandolin  is  the  present  herd  bull  with  a  reputa- 
tion to  make  and  a  good  chance  to  make  it.  He 
is  by  Maxwalton  Revolution  and  is  a  typical 
representative  of  his  family.  His  dam  is  by 
Avondale. 

Since  writing  the  article  above,  Mr.  Regier  has 


274  A   HISTORY   OP   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS 

purchased  two  yearling  licif  ers  of  Tomson  Bros, 
for  $3000.  It  is  needless  to  say  they  are  from 
the  tops  of  that  excellent  herd.  It  will  be  of  in- 
terest to  note  that  his  six  entries  by  Scotch  Cum- 
berland in  the  Purple  Ribbon  sale  at  Wichita, 
though  only  a  little  more  than  twelve  months  old, 
averaged  $645. 

J.  C.  Robison,  Towanda. — Whitewater  Stock 
Farm  is  a  magnificent  body  of  land,  1040  acres, 
and  every  acre  except  that  in  the  bed  of  the 
Whitewater  River  will  grow  first-class  alfalfa. 
A  blue  grass  pasture  that  would  look  good  to  a 
native  of  Kentucky  or  of  Nodaway  county,  Mis- 
souri, was  being  grazed  upon  April  29  by  a 
Shorthorn  to  the  acre  and  they  had  been  getting 
all  the  grass  they  wanted  for  some  time.  In  ad- 
dition to  the  elegant  bungalow,  forty  by  seventy 
feet,  used  as  a  home  for  the  Robison  family,  there 
are  four  other  houses  good  enough  to  rent  for  $25 
or  more  in  the  ordinary  Kansas  town.  These 
houses  are  occupied  by  the  men  employed  in  the 
operation  of  the  farm.  As  they  are  all  married 
men  and  are  being  well  compensated  for  their 
services,  I  suspect  Mr.  Robison  is  not  having 
labor  troubles.  The  barns  are  more  extensive  and 
better  constructed  than  those  I  have  found  else- 
where. If  this  farm  is  used  to  its  capacity 
in  the  production  of  Shorthorns,  one  can  only 
wonder  at  the  possibilities  of  the  herd  in  the 
future. 


276  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

The  reader  will  recall  the  Robison  farm  as  a 
great  Percheron  breeding  establishment,  the  pro- 
ducts of  which  won  nation-wide  fame.  There  is 
a  little'  story  connected  with  its  shifting  from 
Percherons  to  Shorthorns  aside  from  the  regular 
one  furnished  by  the  auto  and  the  tractor  and  the 
truck.  Wm.  Ellett,  oldest  son  of  the  family,  is 
a  1920  graduate  of  the  Department  of  Animal 
Husbandry  in  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College  and  wants  to  specialize  in  Shorthorns. 
Mr.  Robison,  while  apparently  good  for  many 
years,  realizes  what  some  middle-aged  men  do 
not  seem  to  understand,  that  natural  inclination 
for  any  vocation,  if  properly  directed,  is  an  in- 
valuable asset  in  the  race  for  success.  He  knows 
that  in  the  natural  course  of  events  his  sons 
should  be  in  the  prime  of  life  when  for  him  life's 
activities  have  ceased,  hence  the  trip  to  Scotland 
for  Shorthorns,  direct  from  the  locality  that  has 
given  fame  to  the  breed. 

It  is  an  "  all-imported ' '  lot  of  reds,  whites  and 
roans  that  is  the  foundation  for  the  herd  of  the 
future.  Some  of  the  younger  animals  are  not  as 
well  developed  as  the  better  American  specimens, 
and  at  the  time  I  saw  them,  April  29,  were  still 
showing  effects  of  their  recent  hardships,  inci- 
dent to  importation.  They  are,  however,  nice, 
smooth,  breedy  looking  specimens  and  within  a 
few  years  the  good  pastures  and  the  alfalfa  will 
have  done  the  work  so  seriously  interfered 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


277 


with  by  the  war  time  conditions  in  Scotland. 
There  are  about  thirty  females  including 
heifer  calves  at  foot,  in  the  herd.  I  was  particu- 
larly impressed  with  Ballechin  Rosewood  3d,  a 
massive  four-year-old  roan.  She  stands  on  very 


BRIGHT  GEM  AS  A  TWO-YEAR-OLD  WITH  BULL  CALF 
A  prize  winner  in  Scotland,  imported  by  Mr.  Kobison. 

short  legs,  has  fine  length,  great  depth  and  very 
straight  lines.  Her  head  and  neck  and  covering 
of  flesh  are  superb.  Barring  a  little  prominence 
of  hip  and  unevenness  of  rump,  she  could  hardly 
be  improved.  She  is  by  the  Duthie  bred  Golden 
Baron  out  of  Rosewood  82d.  Her  grandam  is 
Rosewood  76th  by  Waverly,  which  cow  is  the 
(lam  of  imp.  Rosewood  92d,  dam  of  John  Potter's 
Rosewood  Dale.  Bright  Gem  is  a  red  two-year-old 


278  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

daughter  of  the  noted  sire,  Collynie  Bright  Star. 
She  stood  third  in  her  class  at  the  Perth- 
shire show  last  season.  She  is  large,  smooth  and 
looks  like  a  good  breeding  prospect.  Kintore 
Beauty  4th  and  Kintore  Victoria  came  from 
Sutherlands  in  Aberdeenshire.  Their  sire  is 
Cluny  Prince  Victor,  bred  by  Lady  Cathcart. 
They  look  like  the  making  of  good  breeding  cows. 
Bouquhan  Bellona  Princess  is  by  the  highly  es- 
teemed bull,  Collynie  Cupbearer,  and  in  addition 
to  being  one  of  the  best  cows  of  the  importation, 
she  has  proved  a  breeder  of  excellent  stock,  her 
bull  calf  being  one  of  the  best  on  the  farm.  May- 
flower Mint  is  a  three-year-old  roan,  bred  by 
Robert  Bruce.  She  is  Bruce  bred  for  ten  gen- 
erations on  her  dam's  side  and  the  sires  were 
bred  by  Bruce,  Duthie,  Marr,  Taylor,  Shepherd 
and  Cruickshank.  Those  who  want  something 
coming  from  top  herds  all  the  way  down  should 
be  pleased  with  this  pedigree. 

I  could  go  on  at  length  and  tell  of  each  of  the 
several  females  on  the  farm,  but  I  shall  do  so  only 
in  a  general  way.  Some  of  the  choicest  herds 
of  Perthshire  and  Aberdeenshire  have  been 
drawn  on  for  these  cattle.  Among  them  are 
those  of  Messrs.  Butter,  Drone,  Strang,  Syms, 
Hunter,  Jaffrey,  Wilson,  Major  Graham  Sterl- 
ing, Robt.  Bruce,  Rennie,  Durno,  Stephen, 
Sutherland,  Campbell  of  Kinnellar  fame  and 
Duthie,  whose  reputation  is  world-wide. 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  279 

Mr.  Robison  realizes  that  it  is  the  bull  that 
must  be  relied  upon  for  a  good  herd  and  he  has 
made  an  effort  to  get  the  best  available.  In  order 
to  have  a  better  chance  at  selection,  he  is  saving 
four  young  bulls  until  he  can  see  how  they  de- 
velop. One  of  these,  Herald,  (vol.  66  E.  H.  B.) 
is  a  white  of  unusual  promise,  low  down,  wide, 
smooth,  well  covered  and  large.  His  sire  is  the 
Duthie  bred  Collynie  Lavender  King.  He  will 
be  used  liberally  this  season.  Another  that  is  now 
being  tried  out  is  the  red,  Diamond  Star,  bred  by 
Mr.  Drone  and  sired  by  Gloaming  Star.  Though 
less  than  fourteen  months  old  at  the  time  of  my 
visit  and  having  had  at  least  some  set-back  by 
reason  of  the  long  trip  and  quarantine,  he 
weighed  in  only  light  flesh,  1115  pounds.  He  is  of 
accepted  show  yard  type  with  a  full  share  of 
qualifications  for  the  show  ring.  Another  is 
Lord  Aberdeen  bred  by  James  Durno.  This 
fellow  proved  a  very  poor  sailor  but  is  doing  well 
now  and  will  be  given  a  chance  to  develop  into  a 
good  bull  as  Mr.  Robison  believes  he  will. 

As  illustrating  the  owner's  determination  to 
put  a  top  notch  bull  at  the  head  of  the  herd,  he 
said  to  me,  "Now  if  neither  of  these  calves  makes 
as  good  a  bull  as  can  be  had  elsewhere,  I  will  get 
one  elsewhere,  for  I  am  determined  to  head  this 
herd  with  a  bull  of  the  highest  class. "  I  believe 
the  spirit  which  prompted  the  purchase  of  Ca- 
sino, admittedly  the  best  stallion  of  his  day,  for 


280  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  Whitewater  Stock  Farm  will  find  a  parallel 
in  the  bull  which  will  head  this  herd. 

At  the  Salter-Robison  sale  held  at  Wichita 
May  15,  1920,  a  consignment  of  twenty-seven 
head,  which  included  several  of  the  imported 
cattle,  made  an  average  of  $920.  Sweet  Fra- 
grance, bred  by  Win.  Duthie,  sold  to  Albert  Hul- 
tine  of  Nebraska  for  $2400,  and  a  number  of  the 
American  bred  females  sold  for  more  than  $1000. 
It  should  be  kept  in  mind  that  the  cattle  were  in 
thin  flesh  and  that  Mr.  Robison  retained  the 
most  desirable  ones  in  his  foundation  herd. 

Fremont  Leidy,  Leon.* — Mr.  Leidy  is  the  old- 
est breeder  of  his  community.  Nine  years  ago  he 
went  to  the  Alex  Fraser  dispersion  and  bought 
three  of  the  best  cows  of  that  excellent  herd.  Pre- 
vious to  this  he  had  bought  from  the  J.  F.  Stod- 
der  herd  a  trio  of  splendid  cows.  This  gave  him 
daughters  of  Falsetto,  the  noted  Norton  bull; 
Silk  Goods,  the  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  Lassie 
of  Tebo  Lawn  and  Captain  Archer,  one  of  the 
best  sires  in  the  West.  They  were  out  of  dams  by 
15th  Duke  of  Hillsdale,  one  of  the  last  of 
his  great  family;  Lord  Thistle,  son  of  the 
noted  cow,  Mysie  45th  and  Gwendoline 's  Prince, 
another  son  of  Mysie  45th.  The  herd  has  been 
very  prolific  and  four  sales  of  about  forty  head 
each  have  been  held,  the  greater  part  of  the  of- 
ferings having  been  descended  from  these  cows 


Ship  on  Frisco  or  Santa  Fe. 


A    HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  281 

and  from  two  purchased  from  B.  B.  &  H.  T. 
Groom.  Some  of  the  best  of  these  cattle  are 
still  on  the  farm. 

Other  purchases  of  good  stock  were  made  of 
which  only  a  few  of  those  now  in  the  herd  will  he 
mentioned.  Ewirig  Acres  Victoria,  a  handsome 
dark  roan,  is  by  Linwood  Dale.  She  comes  from 
the  Ewing  Bros.'  Missouri  herd  and  is  by  the 
the  sire  of  numerous  prize  winners.  On  her  dam's 
side  she  combines  the  blood  of  four  of  America's 
and  Europe's  great  Shorthorns,  imp.  Nonpareil 
Victor,  imp.  Collynie,  imp.  Craven  Knight  and 
imp.  Princess  Alice.  Lady  Katherine  is  a  two- 
year-old  of  great  promise.  She  is  out  of  a  mag- 
nificent cow  by  Captain  Archer  and  would  be  a 
credit  to  any  herd.  Lawndale  Wildeyes  24th  has 
been  and  still  is  an  extraordinary  breeder.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Falsetto  out  of  a  Falsetto  dam. 
second  dam  by  Prince  Royal  2d  giving  her  the 
cross  to  imp.  Princess  Alice,  the  greatest  cow  of 
her  day.  Princess  Beauty  by  Captain  Archer 
must  be  counted  among  the  best  cows  I  have  seen 
this  year.  She  is  large,  very  attractive,  very 
smoothly  covered  and  has  furnished  several 
valuable  additions  to  the  herd.  Maid  of  Orleans 
is  another  Fraser  cow  that  has  added  wealth  to 
the  herd  in  raising  exceptionally  good  calves. 
Two  elegant  young  cows  are  Rosebud  7th  and 
White  Beauty,  both  bred  in  Iowa  and  by 
Prince  Blythesome,  a  grandson  of  Victor  Baron 


282  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

and  imp.  Craibstone  with  an  imp.  Nonpareil 
Victor  cross  near  the  top  of  the  pedi- 
gree. They  are  four  crosses  from  imp.  Rose- 
blush  bred  by  Duthie.  Secrecy,  a  good  young 
cow,  is  a  granddaughter  of  Secret  of  Hill  Farm 
3d,  a  Dustin  bred  daughter  of  imp.  Merry  Hamp- 
ton. She  has  a  white  heifer  calf  by  imp.  Bapton 
Corporal  for  which  tempting  offers  running 
near  four  figures  have  been  refused. 

Three  additions  were  made  at  the  Koyal  sale 
in  1919.  Musical,  twenty-five  months  old  with 
heifer  calf  at  foot,  was  not  only  one  of  the  bar- 
gains but  one  of  the  really  desirable  things  in 
the  offering.  Pew  Shorthorns  have  such  a  wealth 
of  ancestry.  Among  her  immediate  ances- 
tors are  Pleasant  Dale  2d  out  of  the  dam  of  the 
$10000  2d  Fair  Acres  Sultan;  Captain  Archer, 
own  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespe- 
deza  Collynie,  1919  International  grand  cham- 
pion; imp.  Collynie,  the  sire  of  Sweet  Mistletoe 
and  scores  of  the  best  Shorthorns  ever  owned  in 
the  central  West  besides  Eoyal  Knight,  the  best 
son  of  imp.  Princess  Alice,  the  outstanding  cow 
of  her  generation.  As  an  addition  to  a  breeding 
herd  Musical  should  prove  of  great  value.  Miss 
Monarch  2d,  two  years  old  with  four  grand 
champions  of  America  in  the  first  three  crosses, 
was  one  of  the  elegant  heifers  sold  by  Harriman 
Bros,  and  fell  to  Mr.  Leidy's  bidding. 

The  present  herd  bull  is  leaving  so  great  an 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  283 

impress  that  too  much  could  not  be  said  in  his 
favor.  In  looking  over  his  calves  I  was  struck 
with  their  valuable  Shorthorn  characteristics. 
They  have  plenty  of  size  and  are  uniform  in  type 
and  general  appearance  and  they  are  excellent 
feeders.  This  bull  is  Cedar  Dale.  He  is  not  par- 
ticularly impressive  in  appearance  and  has  been 
dehorned,  but  as  a  sire  of  real  Shorthorns  he 
will  need  to  be  classed  among  the  truly  good  Kan- 
sas bulls. 

Mr.  Leidy  for  the  first  time  entered  the  show 
ring  at  the  1920  Kansas  National  in  Wichita  and 
won  more  than  the  usual  honors  given  new  ex- 
hibitors. His  young  herd  bull,  recently  bought 
of  Tomson  Bros.,  was  placed  fifth  following  the 
entries  of  the  professional  show  men  with  highly 
fitted  animals.  His  young  herd  won  second  place 
in  the  contest  and  two  of  his  junior  heifer  calves 
were  well  in  the  money.  It  is  a  great  credit  to 
any  breeder  to  be  able  to  make  a  showing  in  such 
closely  contested  classes. 

Mr.  Leidy  has  creditably  served  his  district  as 
state  senator  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  best 
orators  in  Kansas.  Those  who  have  visited  the 
Leidy  home  will  agree  that  much  of  the  success 
achieved  with  Shorthorns  is  due  to  Mrs.  Leidy 
who  takes  an  unusual  interest  in  the  cattle  and 
whose  judgment  on  Shorthorns  is  excellent. 

Joe  King  &  Son,  Potwin. — This  firm  has  a 
large  establishment  and  a  pure  bred  herd  has 


284  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

been  kept  for  about  twenty  years.  The  main  herd, 
however,  has  consisted  of  high  grades  and  com- 
mercial stock.  This  is  to  be  changed  and  in  the 
future  they  will  specialize  on  Shorthorns.  Early 
in  their  work  they  bought  of  0.  S.  Nevius  a  few 
of  his  famous  Scotch  Josephines,  one  of  the  best 
families  of  Kansas  Shorthorns.  They  also 
secured  Poppy's  Pride  bred  by  B.  O.  Cowan  and 
sired  by  his  great  bull,  Norfolk,  and  out  of  a  dam 
by  Victor  Knight ;  Lovely  Lassie  by  Victor  Arch- 
er 163364,  a  Prather  bred  son  of  Fearless  Archer ; 
Paquita  by  Prince  of  Tebo  Lawn  out  of  a  cow  by 
Prince  Armour,  the  great  white  son  of  imp. 
Princess  Alice  and  others  of  similar  class.  This 
gave  them  a  splendid  working  foundation.  The 
bulls  used  have,  as  a  whole,  been  good  ones. 

While  no  extravagant  prices  have  been  paid, 
Messrs.  King  have  held  in  view  first  of  all  the 
market  requirements  and  profit  to  the  producer 
and  have  demanded  that  their  herd  bull  be  a 
strictly  good  beef  animal.  A  study  of  the  pedi- 
grees of  the  bulls  used  shows  them  closely  de- 
scended from  the  best  Shorthorns  of  the  day. 
Among  the  first  sires  in*  service  was  Airdrie  Vis- 
count bred  by  C.  E.  Leonard.  His  sire  was  Lav- 
ender Viscount,  American  grand  champion  and 
his  dam  was  by  the  53d  Duke  of  Airdrie,  one  of 
the  best  bulls  of  the  most  popular  family  of 
Shorthorns  in  the  world.  The  S.  C.  Hanna  bred 
Ingle"  231949 ;  Master  Mason  374696  bred  by 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  285 

M.  E.  Jones  and  Supreme  Victor  394156,  a  Stun- 
kel  bred  son  of  Victor  Orange,  were  among  the 
good  ones  used.  The  bull  now  in  service  bred  by 
H.  G.  Brookover,  Victory  2d  690174,  is  a  nice 
roan  descended  from  choice  ancestry.  He  is  a  big, 
smooth,  rugged  fellow,  and,  like  his  predecessors, 
one  of  the  profitable  kind.  The  conditions  under 
which  the  herd  has  been  kept  are  such  as  to  de- 
velop medium  size  and  to  insure  to  the  purchaser 
an  animal  which  will  continue  to  do  well  with 
good  ordinary  farm  care. 

Clarence  Leidy,  Leon. — I  feel  sure  that  Mr. 
Leidy  is  going  to  be  a  good  breeder.  Among  the 
excellent  females  in  the  herd  is  Superb  Cecelia,  a 
" superb"  light  roan.  Her  sire  is  Superb  Omega 
by  TJppermill  Omega  and  she  traces  through  a 
line  of  good  Canadian  breeders  to  the  Campbell 
bred  imported  Cecelia  4th.  Mysie  2d,  a  smooth 
red,  carries  her  credentials  as  a  producer  in  her 
twelve-month-old  heifer,  an  extra  good  one  by 
Cedar  Dale.  In  her  immediate  ancestry  is  found 
the  great  old  bull  Lord  Mayor  and  the  equally 
great  cow  imp.  Marigold  50th.  Two  other  cows 
of  the  kind  it  pays  to  have,  come  from  Mr.  Roe- 
ingk.  The  one  combines  the  best  Scotch  blood 
lines  with  Col.  Vaile's  noted  Waterloos.  The 
other  is  a  daughter  of  Superb  Sultan  by  White- 
hall Sultan.  She  is  not  only  of  exceptionally 
good  beef  type  but  is  also  a  heavy  milker.  At  the 
1919  Stunkel  sale  Mr.  Leidy  bought  two  choice 


286  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

females.  Royal  Empress  12th  is  by  Cumberland 
Diamond.  She  was  not  only  the  best  heifer  in 
the  sale  but  she  would  look  good  in  any  herd  and 
her  breeding  is  as  good  as  her  individuality.  Her 
dam  was  by  Victor  Orange,  one  of  the  noted  bulls 
of  the  breed  and  her  second  dam  was  by  Star 
Goods,  own  brother  to  Bellows  Bros. '  champion, 
Diamond  Goods.  The  other  cow  is  by  Star  Goods 
out  of  a  Victor  Orange  dam  and  is  of  the  regula- 
tion Stunkel  breeding. 

Mr.  Leidy  has  been  using  Fremont  Leidy 's 
Cedar  Dale  and  the  two  brothers  who  live  on  ad- 
joining farms  will  continue  to  co-operate  to  some 
extent  in  the  matter  of  bulls,  but  it  was  also 
deemed  necessary  to  have  a  bull  on  this  farm.  At 
the  Purple  Ribbon  sale  held  in  January  1920  at 
Wichita,  the  excellent  young  prize  winning  bull 
from  F.  C.  Barber  &  Sons'  consignment  was 
secured  at  one  of  the  high  prices  of  the  sale. 

G.  W.  Brown  &  Sons,  Leon. — It  is  a  good  lot 
of  cattle  which  this  firm  is  getting  together.  The 
herd  represents  their  purchases  at  the  last  two 
sales  held  by  Fremont  Leidy  where  they  were 
quite  critical  in  their  selections.  About  forty 
females  are  now  on  the  farm,  most  of  them  of 
the  well  known  Leidy  breeding,  coming  from  the 
Fraser  herd  through  daughters  of  Falsetto,  Silk 
Goods  and  Crown  Prince  of  Lawnsdale  and  from 
J.  F.  Stodder  through  daughters  of  Captain 
Archer  and  Gwendoline's  Prince,  lines  of 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  287 

breeding  typical  of  splendid  results.  They  ha  ve 
added  to  their  purchases  some  of  the  very  best  of 
Mr.  Leidy's  later  acquisitions.  Roan  Violet,  an 
outstanding  three-year-old  heifer,  a  daughter  of 
the  excellent  sire,  Wooddale  Chieftain,  a  son  of 
The  Choice  of  All,  is  out  of  a  cow  by  Violet 
Chunk,  an  outstanding  sire  of  H.  C.  Duncan's 
breeding.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leidy  reluctantly 
parted  with  this  cow.  Roxana,  a  splendid  roan 
by  Secret  Robin,  now  at  the  head  of  Miss  M  .V. 
Stanley's  herd  (see  Stanley  sketch)  is  out  of  a 
dam  by  Wooddale  Chieftain  followed  by  Lord 
Mayor  3d  and  Secret  Archer,  all  strictly  high- 
class  bulls.  Another  excellent  purchase  was  the 
red,  Geraldine,  that  in  her  three  top  crosses 
carries  the  blood  of  famous  sires  such  as  Lord 
Lovel,  Lavender  Viscount  and  imp.  Cupbearer. 
With  proper  handling  this  should  become  a 
first-class  herd. 

A.  G.  Sowers,  Leon. — At  the  Leidy  sale  held 
recently,  Mr.  Sowers  made  four  valuable  addi- 
tions to  his  little  herd.  His  cows  are  of  the  same 
breeding  as  Mr.  Leidy's  and  are  good  individ- 
uals. This  herd  is  built  on  a  foundation  largely 
representative  of  the  most  famous  cattle  of  any 
breed  in  the  world's  history,  the  Bates  Oxfords, 
Kirklevingtons  and  Duchesses  and  it  is  nicely 
topped  out  with  Scotch  bulls.  Searchlight  Lad 
by  Searchlight;  Silk  Goods  by  Choice  Goods; 
Falsetto,  the  famous  sire  in  the  Fraser  herd  and 


288  A    HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Hampton's  Sharon  by  Hampton  Primrose,  an 
excellent  Hampton  Spray  bull,  are  some  of  the 
sires  appearing  in  the  top  crosses.  This  insures 
a  select  line  of  breeding  cows.  Mr.  Sowers  will  be 
able  to  use  Mr.  Leidy's  bulls. 

Hubert  A.  Haynes,  Rosalia, — Mr.  Haynes  is  a 
new  breeder  writh  ten  females  and  a  good  bull. 
Most  of  his  purchases  came  from  Fremont 
Leidy  and  a  few  from  J.  C.  Robison  and  the 
cattle  are  representative  of  these  two  herds.  The 
first  bull  used  was  by  a  son  of  Searchlight  out  of 
a  Kellerman  Scotch  Josephine.  The  present  sire 
is  a  Leidy  bred  son  of  Hampton  Sharon,  a  son 
of  Hampton  Primrose: 

A.  J.  Tull,  Leon. — Mr.  Tull  is  another  one  of 
Fremont  Leidy's  near  neighbors  who  laid  a  good 
foundation  at  his  sale.  A  very  promising  roan 
heifer  by  Secret  Robin  .  (see  Miss  Stanley's 
sketch)  should  serve  as  an  excellent  foundation 
to  which  he  intends  making  an  occasional  addi- 
tion. This  heifer  comes  from  an  elegant  line  of 
ancestry  four  generations  of  which,  on  both 
sides,  I  knew  well  and  admired  on  account  of 
their  merit. 

CHASE  COUNTY 

W.  J.  Sayre,  Cedar  Point. — The  man  who  can 
breed  from  his  cows  a  car  load  of  calves  and  feed 
them  so  they  will  sell  at  twelve  months  at  a  high- 
er market  price  than  any  other  calves  on  the 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  289 

Kansas  City  market  is  not  only  an  accomplished 
feeder  but  he  is  also  a  breeder  of  the  first  class. 
Mr.  Sayre  did  that,  not  only  once,  but  he  did  it 
nine  times  out  of  ten  years  he  has  been  feeding 
his  calf  crop.  It  was  not  a  load  selected  from 
many,  but  these  wonderful  market  toppers  were 
the  entire  crop,  culls  and  all.  No  breeder  within 
my  knowledge  has  to  his  credit  a  higher  accom- 
plishment than  has  Mr.  Sayre  for  he  has  gone  to 
-the  court  of  last  resort  and  has  received  for  his 
cattle  and  for  his  methods  the  strongest  possible 
endorsement,  Most  of  these  calves  were  grades, 
some  were  pure  breds,  probably  the  culls  of  both 
sexes  and  the  reader  can  imagine  what  the  choice 
ones  would  be  when  developed. 

A  new  order  of  things  has  arisen.  The  nursery 
which  furnished  the  material  for  the  conquest  of 
the  beef  market  of  the  Southwest  has  now  turned 
into  a  different  channel.  The  grades  have  been 
disposed  of  and  the  least  desirable  of  the  pure 
breds  have  gone  into  other  herds.  The  forty- 
five  females  now  on  the  farm  are  such  as  to  meet 
the  exacting  requirements  of  the  owner.  This 
means  that  they  are  not  only  first-class  individu- 
als but  also  that  they  carry  through  their  ances- 
try an  inheritance  of  merit  and  uniformity  rich 
enough  to  almost  guarantee  they  will  reproduce 
their  kind.  This  is  an  inestimable  advantage  to 
the  buyer  of  breeding  stock  for  he  can  be  sure 
before  hand  of  the  kind  of  calves  he  will  get  from 


290  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

a  bull  so  descended.  A  study  of  the  ancestry  of 
Mr.  Sayre's  cattle  reveals  the  fact  that  I  am 
correct  in  making  the  foregoing  statement. 

The  first  bull  used  was  Lopez  231291.  His  sire 
was  Lord  Mayor  112717,  a  son  of  Baron  Laven- 
der 2d,  the  most  wonderful  bull  ever  produced  at 
Linwood  and  imp.  Lady  of  the  Meadow,  one  of 
the  best  breeding  cows  in  the  Linwood  herd.  His 
grandsire  was  imp.  Baron  Victor,  the  bull  that 
established  Cruickshank  prestige  in  America.- 
The  dam  of  Lopez  was  by  Vanquish  by  Galahad 
the  sire  of  Gallant  Knight,  the  state's  greatest 
sire  of  prize  winners,  and  her  sire  was  imp.  Mas- 
ter of  the  Rolls,  sire  of  Master  of  the  Grove, 
American  Royal  and  International  grand  cham- 
pions. Another  bull  used  was  Victor  Chief,  also 
out  of  a  Gallant  Knight  cow.  His  sire  was  Dicta- 
tor by  Norfolk,  a  bull  said  by  B.  O.  Cowan  to  have 
been  second  only  to  imp.  Scottish  Lord.  An  own 
sister  to  Dictator,  Forest  Daisy  2d,  was  the  dam 
of  New  Year's  Delight,  grand  champion  every- 
where west  of  the  Mississippi  and  junior  cham- 
pion at  the  International.  Norfolk,  by  the  way, 
was  by  Prince  Royal,  son  of  imp.  Princess  Alice, 
greatest  American  cow  of  her  day.  Another  bull 
was  Hampton  Crown  by  Hampton's  Best,  prob- 
ably the  best  son  of  imp.  Merry  Hampton. 

The  bulls  now  in  use  are  Jolly  Dale  and  Glen- 
dale,  both  by  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  full  brother 
to  Whitehall  Rosedale,  the  grand  champion  bull 


A    HISTORY   OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  291 

all  over  the  central  West  and  sire  of  the  1919 
champion,  Violet  Dale.  Maxwalton  Rosedale  was 
out  of  the  same  dam  as  Pride  of  Albion,  Royal 
grand  champion.  They  both  came  from  Tomson 
Bros.,  being  the  best  bulls  of  the  desired  age  and 
out  of  the  best  cows  in  the  herd.  Female  addi- 
tions by  purchase  have  been  few.  Eight  heifers 
were  recently  bought  from  H.  C.  Stephenson  and 
what  I  have  seen  of  Mr.  Stephenson 's  cattle  war- 
rants me  in  saying  they  are  good  ones.  These 
heifers  are  of  choicest  ancestry.  Their  sire,  Non- 
pareil Knight,  was  by  Gallant  Knight's  Heir  and 
their  dams  are  by  Cherry  Knight  by  Barmpton 
Knight  out  of  Cherrybud,  dam  of  one  of  Tomson 
Bros. '  best  prize  winning  heifers. 

In  a  letter  of  December,  1920,  Mr.  Sayre  says 
that  Glendale  is  proving  the  best  bull  he  ever 
owned  and  that  his  1920  calves  are  the  best  he  has 
ever  produced.  On  a  ration  of  alfalfa  and  three 
pounds  of  oats  each,  per  day  they  are  carrying 
more  flesh  than  any  of  the  car  lots  he  sent  to 
market  carried  at  a  corresponding  time. 

Mr.  Sayre 's  twelve-year-old  son,  Paul  G. 
Sayre,  bids  fair  to  grow  into  a  good  Shorthorn 
man  while  working  with  his  father  in  this  ex- 
cellent herd. 

Frank  H.  Yeager,  Bazaar. — Mr.  Yeager  is  one 
of  the  most  prominent  breeders  of  this  section, 
his  herd  having  been  established  fourteen  years 
ago  and  now  numbering  fifty  females.  He  is 


292  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

producing  cattle  for  service  that  will  give  maxi- 
mum results  from  the  feed  consumed  and  one  of 
the  requirements  is  that  the  cows  be  good  milkers. 
Pushing  for  extra  development  is  not  practiced, 
but  thrift  and  a  good  growth  are  maintained. 
The  result  is  that  cattle  purchased  here  are  not 
stunted,  yet  will  respond  well  to  good  farm  care. 
The  herd  consists  of  choicely  bred  cows.  One 
of  the  most  valuable  and  best  is  Collynie  Prim- 
rose and  she  is  so  royally  bred  that  but  few  cows 
in  America  could  be  classed  as  having  a  pedigree 
as  good.  Her  sire,  imp.  Collynie,  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  sired  by  the  world's  greatest  pres- 
ent day  breeder,  Wm.  Duthie.  Collynie 's  dam, 
Lavender  45th,  was  Mr.  Cruickshank's  favorite 
from  among  all  his  Lavenders  and  her  ancestors 
for  five  generations  were  all  bred  by  Cruick- 
shank  and  were  the  cattle  that  made  Scotch 
Shorthorns  famous  the  world  over.  Collynie 
Primrose  is  out  of  Primrose  6th,  one  of  the 
smoothest,  thickest,  large  cows  in  Mr.  Hanna's 
herd  when  that  herd  was  at  its  best.  Primrose 
6th  was  by  imp.  Inglewood,  a  2500  pound  show 
bull  at  four  years  old  and  the  sire  of  much  out- 
standing stock  including  the  dam  of  Ingle  Lad, 
now  famous  as  the  sire  of  great  producing  cows 
such  as  Lad's  Emma,  second  dam  of  the  grand 
champion,  Lady  Supreme.  But  this  is  not  all. 
Primrose  6th  was  out  of  imp.  Primrose  4th  by 
Scottish  Archer,  an  own  sister  to  the  cow  that 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  293 

for  three  years  produced  the  highest  priced  bull 
in  the  Duthie  sales  and  to  Prince  of  Fashion, 
leading  show  bull  in  Scotland.  I  mention  Collynie 
Primrose  at  such  length  because  Mr.  Yeager  has 
several  of  her  daughters  and  granddaughters 
and  her  family  is  increasing  rapidly  and  becom- 
ing a  great  part  of  his  future  herd. 

There  are  other  good  females,  but  I  shall  now 
call  attention  to  the  bulls  Mr.  Yeager  has  used. 
Hampton,  bred  by  Mr.  Hanna,  was  by  the  2500 
pound  Hampton  Spray,  one  of  the  best  sires  used 
in  Kansas  and  sold  with  the  herd  to  F.  A.  Gillcs- 
pie  of  Muskogee,  Oklahoma.  Hampton's  dam 
was  Golden  Queen  3d  by  imp.  Collynie  and  she 
was  out  of  imp.  Golden  Queen,  one  of  the  largest 
cows  of  the  breed.  (See  Hanna  sketch,  Part  I.) 
The  bulls  now  in  use  are  Village  Champion  and 
Scotchman.  Village  Champion  is  by  Double 
Champion,  son  of  Choice  Goods,  the  champion  of 
America  for  three  years  and  out  of  Russella,  dam 
of  Ruberta,  the  greatest  heifer  and  cow  of  her 
day,  and  for  three  years  the  undefeated  female 
of  the  American  continent.  Village  Champion's 
dam  is  by  imp.  Invincible  and  his  second  dam  by 
imp.  Hospodar.  Scotchman  is  by  Hampton  and 
out  of  Collynie 's  Primrose,  both  mentioned 
above.  He  is  an  excellent  young  bull  that  Mr. 
Yeager  finds  it  advisable  to  use  on  a  part  of  the 
herd.  Any  one  at  all  familiar  with  the  Short- 
horn history  of  the  past  will  readily  see  that  Mr. 


294  A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Yeager  has  in  his  herd,  as  outlined  above,  all  the 
elements  necessary  for  success  and  popularity. 

CHAUTAUQUA  COUNTY 
Chas.  Casement,  Sedan. — This  is  the  largest 
and  most  prominent  herd  in  Chautauqua  county. 
The  cattle  are  strictly  a  utility  lot,  handled  to 
get  very  good  growth  and  development  without 
any  disposition  toward  forcing.  While  the  herd 
could  have  been  better  developed  without  injury, 
yet  it  has  not  been  underfed  or  neglected  to  the 
extent  that  deterioration  has  taken  place,  rather, 
the  cattle  are  in  the  best  possible  condition  to 
make  profitable  returns  for  increased  attention 
given  them. 

These  cows  are  from  desirable  ancestry.  Sev- 
eral females  by  St.  Valentine  12th  by  St.  Valen- 
tine were  added  a  few  years  ago.  The  herd 
represents  a  blending  of  Scotch  and  Bates  with  a 
touch  of  Booth  and  the  blood  lines  chosen  have 
been  good  ones.  This  probably  came  from  a  dis- 
position to  use  the  right  kind  of  bulls  rather  than 
from  a  study  of  pedigree,  but  as  is  always  the 
case,  good  bulls  come  from  good  ancestry,  so  I 
was  not  surprised  to  find  in  evidence  near  the 
top  of  the  pedigrees,  Gwendoline's  Prince  by 
imp.  Prince  President,  Champion's  Best  by  Val- 
ley Champion,  Choice  Goods,  Collynie,  the  Vaile 
bred  Winsome  Duke,  Mr.  Snodgrass'  prize  win- 
ning Scott  Jr.  and  imp.  Scottish  Emperor  that 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  295 

did  service  for  Bellows  Bros.,  T.  O.  Ford  and  H. 
M.  Hill. 

Among  the  herd  bulls  used  were  Majestic,  bred 
by  D.  P.  Norton  by  the  Canada  bred  Buccaneer ; 
Sedan'Chief,  a  grandson  of  Collynie;  Hallwood 
Viscount  by  Choice  Goods  Model,  a  son  of  Rose- 
dale  Violet  9th  and  Victor  Hampton  by  Hamp- 
ton Spray.  The  present  herd  bull,  Lord's  Dale, 
is  a  big,  straight,  heavy  fellow  with  a  very  mas- 
culine appearance.  While  not  a  bull  of  extra  fin- 
ish, he  is  not  at  all  rough  and  must  be  classed  as 
a  good  bull  and  a  good  breeder  as  his  calves  will 
prove.  He  is  by  Mr.  Lookabaugh's  Lavender 
Lord  and  came  from  M.  W.  Babb's  herd  where 
he  had  done  satisfactory  service. 

The  article  above  was  written  in  June  1919. 
Since  then  Mr.  Casement  sent  a  cow  to  the 
Southeast  Kansas  sale  held  at  Independence 
April  2,  1920  and  she  sold  for  $625  to  so  good  a 
judge  as  S.  M.  Knox.  Mr.  Casement  bought  for 
use  in  his  herd  a  yearling  bull,  Rose  Dale  bred  by 
Park  E.  Salter  and  sired  by  Rosewood  Dale  out 
of  a  dam  by  Count  Broadhooks  2d  36437. 

M.  L.  Holroyd,  Cedar  Vale.— I  met  Mr.  Hol- 
royd  frequently  while  he  was  a  student  at  the 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  in  the  depart- 
ment of  Animal  Husbandry.  There  was  a  large 
Shorthorn  herd  on  his  father's  farm  but  the  cat- 
tle had  not  all  been  kept  recorded.  Mr.  Holroyd, 
now  in  charge  of  the  farm,  is  building  up  a 


296  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

registered  herd  from  the  recorded  ones,  and  ad- 
ditions that  will  be  made  from  time  to  time.  Good 
bulls  have  been  used  and  the  cattle  are  good. 
Among  recent  sires  was  a  son  of  Careless  Con- 
queror 2d  by  imp.  Conqueror  out  of  imp.  Blythe- 
some  15th.  This  bull  was  out  of  a  dam  by  Violet 
Chunk,  a  Duncan  bred  show  bull  by  Headlight, 
and  proved  an  excellent  sire.  He  was  followed  by 
a  son  of  Koyal  Gloster,  well  known  in  the  Garver 
herd  as  a  high-class  show  and  breeding  bull.  This 
farm,  destined  to  become  the  home  of  a  real 
Shorthorn  herd,  is  one  of  large  pastures,  splen- 
didly watered,  and  big  fields  of  alfalfa. 

J.  M.  Hamill,  Grenola. — Mr.  Hamill  has  a 
herd  of  about  thirty  females  which  he  is  keeping 
in  the  ordinary  farm  way  and  he  is  getting  fair 
development.  He  finds  a  market  for  his  surplus 
at  moderate  prices  near  home  and,  while  not  ob- 
taining the  measure  of  success  which  would  fol- 
low more  careful  handling  and  more  liberal  feed- 
ing, he  is  producing  a  useful  class  of  cattle  and 
is  securing  far  better  returns  than  he  could 
secure  from  common  stock.  In  addition  to  the 
usual  crosses  from  good  bulls  found  in  local 
herds,  Mr.  HamilPs  cattle  carry  a  cross  of  Forbes 
Bros.'  Baron  Gloster  and  the  splendid  Bates 
bull,  Peculated  Wild  Byes.  The  herd  bull  is  by 
Victor  Hampton,  a  son  of  Hampton  Spray. 

Chas.  J.  Buchele,  Cedar  Vale. — Mr.  Buchele 
bought  a  few  Shorthorns  recently.  One,  Minnie 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS  297 

Sharon  by  Kefiner  377210,  is  out  of  Minnie  37tli 
bred  by  Abram  Renick  and  sired  by  his  splendid 
bull,  The  Professor.  This  cow,  in  Mr.  Stodder's 
herd,  was  an  excellent  producer  of  high-class 
show  stock.  Mr.  Buchele  also  has  a  daughter  of 
Minnie  "Sharon  by  John  B.  Potter's  Avondale 
bull,  Rosewood  Dale,  formerly  much  used  by 
Park  E.  Salter.  Other  cows  of  approved  breed- 
ing are  in  the  little  herd  which  is  headed  by  Red 
Warrior  612235  by  Hampton  2d,  a  son  of  Hamp- 
ton's  Demonstrator. 

CHEYENNE  COUNTY 

R.  K.  Standish,  Saint  Francis. — It  will  doubt- 
less be  a  surprise  to  many  to  learn  that  in  the  ex- 
treme northwest  corner  of  the  state  is  found  a 
well  cared  for  herd  built  from  very  excellent 
foundation  stock.  Private  sales  have  taken  care 
of  the  surplus  as  rapidly  as  it  could  be  produced. 
A  silo  is  to  be  built  and  a  show  herd  started  out 
this  season  (1920)  and  occasional  choice  addi- 
tions will  be  made  by  purchase.  The  herd  now 
consists  of  forty  females.  Lady  May  was  bred  by 
Rapp  Bros,  and  is  by  the  sire  of  American  Royal 
and  state  fair  prize  winners,  Gladstone,  an  excel- 
lent breeding  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan.  Victoria 
Beauty  3d  is  by  Gloster's  Favorite,  a  bull  of  the 
choicest  breeding,  and  her  dam  is  of  the  best 
blood  lines.  Lady  B.  was  bred  by  Geo.  Allen  and 
her  sire,  Victor  Sultan,  ranks  with  the  best  of 


298  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS 

Whitehall  Sultan 's  sons.  Her  dam  is  Dorothy  B . 
bred  at  Browndale  from  the  noted  family  of  that 
name. 

One  of  the  bulls  used  is  Palmetto  Cumberland 
by  Roan  Cumberland,  a  son  of  Cumberland's 
Last  out  of  Pine  Grove  Mildred  llth.  'Another 
is  Model  Type  by  Cumberland's  Type  out  of 
Marengo  Cumberland,  a  daughter  of  Cumber- 
land's Last  out  of  imp.  Lady  Marengo.  The 
roan,  imp/Grand  Fortune,  a  son  of  imp.  Modest 
Princess,  was  also  somewhat  used. 

Mr.  Standish  has  just  written  me  that  he  re- 
cently purchased  the  massive  roan  calf,  Supreme 
827618  for  $2100.  This  calf  was  well  in  the  money 
at  the  Nebraska  State  Fair  last  fall.  His  sire  is 
Koyal  Supreme  by  the  International  grand 
champion,  Village  Supreme.  His  dam  is  from 
choice  ancestry,  having  been  out  of  a  cow  by  the 
champion  bull  of  his  day,  Viscount  of  Anoka. 
This  brief  outline  given  an  idea  of  the  excellent 
blood  lines  found  in  these  cattle.  Plans  for  the 
future  include  the  production  of  a  large  and 
high-class  herd. 

CLAY  COUNTY 

S.  B.  Amcoats,  Clay  Center. — Mr.  Amcoats 
has  been  very  active  in  Shorthorn  circles  for  ten 
years.  His  early  purchases  were  made  from  M. 
C.  Vansell  of  Atchison  county  and  later  he 
bought  the  entire  F.  M.  Gifford  herd.  The  best 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  299 

of  these  cattle  were  retained  and  the  process  of 
making  occasional  purchases  with  the  retention 
of  the  best  has  been  continued  until  there  is  now 
an  excellent  herd  on  the  farm.  In  addition  to 
the  purchases  mentioned,  Mr.  Amcoats  has 
drawn  on  the  herd  of  Governor  Shallenberger,  E. 
D.  Ludwig,  R.  T.  Scott,  W.  A.  Betteridge  and 
George  Allen  &  Sons. 

The  array  of  good  bulls,  whose  blood  was 
brought  into  the  herd  through  the  cows  acquired, 
includes  such  animals  as  Missie's  Sultan  by 
Glenbrook  Sultan;  Victor  Sultan  by  Whitehall 
Sultan ;  Godwin,  son  of  imp.  Spartan  Hero  and 
Golden  Thistle ;  Lord  Marr  by  Lord  Mayor  out 
of  imp.  Marigold  50th;  Barmpton  Knight  by 
Scarlet  Knight;  Sempstress  Valentine,  T.  P. 
Babst's  bull  that  sold  for  $1000  in  the  era  of  low 
prices;  Lavender  Viceroy,  possibly  the  best 
known  son  of  the  grand  champion,  Lavender  Vis- 
count ;  Baron  Violet  by  Victor  Bashful,  the  son 
of  Sweet  Violet  2d,  and  many  others  that  figure 
at  the  top,  not  at  the  bottom,  of  the  pedigrees. 

Among  the  choice  cows  in  the  herd  is  Matchless 
Princess  by  His  Highness,  dam  by  Victor  Sultan, 
second  dam  by  Godwin.  Her  first  calf  by  Type 's 
Goods  is  the  best  thing  ever  calved  on  the  farm 
and  tempting  offers  have  been  refused  for  her. 
Barmpton  Knight  has  an  excellent  daughter  in 
the  herd  that  is  a  great  producer.  Her  bulls  have 
gone  to  head  good  herds  while  her  daughters 


300  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

have  been  retained.  Butterfly  Sultan  by  Se- 
cret's Sultan  is  a  valuable  cow  with  several  toppy 
heifers  to  her  credit. 

Secret's  Sultan  that  came  from  Bellows  Bros, 
was  one  of  the  best  bulls  used.  His  sire  was  Mis- 
sie's  Sultan  by  Glenbrook  Sultan  and  his  dam 
was  by  the  well  known  Victorallan.  His  heifers 
matured  into  great  cows  and  fine  breeders. 
Type's  Goods  by  Cumberland  Type  has  been 
used  for  more  than  two  years.  He  is  a  low  down, 
large  bull,  good  all  over,  but  very  strong  in  the 
back  and  loin.  Like  Secret's  Sultan  he  is  an  ex- 
ceptional heifer  getter  and  a  lot  of  yearlings  by 
him  show  a  number  of  prospective  outstanding 
cows.  Type's  Goods  is  out  of  a  cow  by  Carter's 
Choice  Goods,  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  imp. 
Clara  6th  by  Silver  Plate.  Royal  Marshal  by 
Village  Marshal,  an  attractive  white  yearling 
has  recently  been  purchased  from  Tomson  Bros. 
His  dam  is  by  Victoria's  Snowflake  by  The 
Choice  of  All,  second  dam  by  imp.  Lord  Cowslip 
out  of  imp.  Eoseleaf  by  Scottish  Archer.  He  is 
an  unusually  smooth,  young  fellow  with  extra 
depth  and  he  is  a  first-rate  prospect.  The  outlook 
for  this  herd  is  bright,  for  Mr.  Amcoats  has  first 
class  facilities  for  doing  good  work  and  he  has 
the  modern  and  successful  type  of  cattle. 

Jacob  Nelson,  Broughton.* — Mr.  Nelson  has 
used  exceptional  judgment  in  making  his 

*       Ship  on  Kock  Island  or  Union  Pacific. 


A    HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  301 

chases  and  he  has  a  herd  that  should  take  a  lead- 
ing position  in  his  territory.  Among  the 
cows  are  Charming  Butterfly  by  Sir  Charm- 
ing 10th,  dam  by  Baron  Daybreak  292830 
and  her  yearling  heifer  by  Orange  Dale, 
a  son  of  Whitehall  Rosedale ;  the  Bellows  bred 
Choice  Beauty  2d  by  Missie's  Sultan,  son  of 
Glenbrook  Sultan  and  her  dam  by  Good  Choice, 
with  an  excellent  bull  calf  at  foot  and  Gipsy 
Cumberland  5th  bred  by  C.  A.  Saunders  and 
sired  by  Cumberland's  Best  out  of  a  dam  by 
Burwood  Royal,  second  dam  by  Ruberta's  Goods. 
Gipsy  Cumberland  5th  is  a  very  valuable  breed- 
ing proposition.  Not  only  does  she  carry  in 
every  cross  what  is  best  in  Shorthorns,  but  she  is 
reproducing  the  type  of  her  good  ancestry  as 
may  be  seen  in  her  excellent  white  bull  calf  seven 
or  eight  months  old.  This  calf  won  second  prize 
in  the  State  Association  show  at  Manhattan, 
1920,  and  sold  for  $775. 

An  outstanding  cow  is  Sweet  Carmine,  re- 
cently purchased  from  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College.  She  is  by  Barmpton  Knight,  the 
bull  that  in  Tomson  Bros.'  herd  sired  outstand- 
ing breeding  and  show  stock.  Her  dam  is  by 
White  Goods,  one  of  the  best,  if  not  the  best,  sons 
of  the  champion,  Choice.  Goods  and  her  second 
dam  was  by  Lavender  Viscount,  C.  E.  Leonard's 
great  breeding  bull  and  International  grand 
champion.  Other  good  cows  of  nice  breeding  are 


302  A    HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

found  here  and  it  is  Mr.  Nelson's  intention  to  cull 
the  herd  closely,  adding  occasionally  an  especial- 
ly desirable  female. 

Imported  Lawton  Tommy  is  the  herd  bull.  A 
single  glance  conveys  the  impression  that  he  will 
be  a  good  breeding  bull  and  he  possesses  to  a  high 
degree  the  qualities  needed  in  profitable  cattle. 
He  was  used  for  some  time  by  Tomson  Bros.,  but 
owing  to  their  having  several  other  bulls  of  great 
excellence,  they  could  spare  him  so  Mr.  Nelson 
was  able  to  buy  him.  He  is  by  Diamond  Fav- 
orite 680396  bred  by  Alex  Crombie  and  his  dam 
is  by  Douglas  Chieftain  by  Collynie  Marshal. 
The  calves  by  him  at  Tomsons  show  excellent 
Shorthorn  character. 

Paul  M.  Borland,  Clay  Center.— Mr.  Borland 
has  been  in  the  Shorthorn  business  for  nine  years. 
He  bought  his  foundation  stock  of  F.  M.  Gif f ord, 
securing  some  of  the  T.  P.  Babst  Butterflys  well 
known  in  Shorthorn  circles  then  and  now.  The 
herd,  as  a  whole,  represents  excellent  breeding, 
coming  through  such  bulls  as  Barmpton  Knight ; 
Golden  Victor  Jr.;  My  Lord  by  imp.  Spartan 
Hero  out  of  imp.  Lady  of  the  Meadow,  the  dam 
of  Lord  Mayor;  imp.  Cupbearer,  American 
champion;  Athenian  Coronet  4th  by  imp.  Bap- 
ton  Coronet;  Prime  Minister;  Clay  &  Winn's 
noted  Golden  Victor  and  others  of  like  quality 
that  could  be  named.  The  cows  are  not  so  well 
grown  out  as  they  should  be  but  they  are  very 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  303 

smooth,  of  breedy  type  and  good  Shorthorn  char- 
acter, descended  from  excellent  ancestors  and 
are  producing  good  calves.  The  milking  tenden- 
cies are  quite  well  developed  in  this  herd.  The 
herd  bull,  Gloster  Boy,  was  bred  by  S.  B.  Am- 
coats.  His  sire  is  Secret's  Sultan,  (see  Amcoats 
sketch)  the  son  of  Missie's  Sultan  out  of  a  dam 
by  Victorallan,  the  sire  of  so  many  good  breeding 
cows  in  the  Bellows  herd.  His  dam  is  by  a  son  of 
Captain  Archer,  J.  F.  Stodder's  bull,  second 
dam  by  Violet's  Prince  by  Potts  &  Sons'  Laven- 
der King  3d.  Better  development  of  the  young 
stock  would  be  all  that  would  be  necessary  to 
produce  some  really  good  cattle. 

Warren  Watts,  Clay  Center.— Mr.  Watts 
bought  his  start  from  F.  M.  Gifford  twelve 
years  ago.  These  cows  were  a  select  lot,  nearly  all 
sired  by  Cordelia's  Knight,  a  son  of  Red  Knight 
by  Pro  Barmpton  the  well  known  Cookson  sire. 
Cordelia's  Knight  was  an  unusually  thick,  short- 
legged  bull  that  carried  along  with  his 
Scotch  blood  that  of  Cordelia's  Duke,  the  noted 
show  bull  by  4th  Duke  of  Geneva.  The  herd  is  of 
correct  Shorthorn  type  and  is  a  profitable  lot  of 
breeding  cows,  the  money-making  kind.  Mr. 
Watts  has  exceptional  facilities  for  handling 
cattle  and  should  he  decide  to  do  so,  he  can 
build  up  a  first-class  herd. 

Two  good  bulls  have  been  used,  Newsboy  by 
Gallant  Knight  out  of  a  dam  by  the  Harris  bred 


304  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Laird  of  Linwood  by  Galahad  and  The  Cardinal, 
bred  by  Governor  Shallenberger,  a  son  of  Lan- 
caster Lad  by  Scotch  Bank  and  his  dam  by  Com- 
ing Star  out  of  imp.  Maud  50th.  The  present 
herd  bull  is  Brilliant  Type  by  the  champion, 
Cumberland  Type,  the  greatest  show  bull  of  the 
decade.  His  dam  is  by  imp.  Manchester,  second 
dam  imp.  Bonnie  Belle.  Brilliant  Type  is  a 
show  bull.  He  has  fine  length,  good  depth,  is 
very  straight-lined,  full  in  all  vital  points,  covers 
well  and  has  an  elegant  head  and  neck.  He  should 
make  a  splendid  individual  and  a  successful  sire. 
M.  E.  Householder,  Clay  Center.— Mr.  House- 
holder is  a  new  man  but  one  who  has  made  a 
good  start.  He  has  a  cow  from  the  Hunt  herd  at 
by  Nonpareil  Star,  also  a  bull  of  outstanding 
Blue  Rapids  by  Wodan,  the  choice  Regier  bull 
worth.  Her  dam  is  by  Grand  Lavender  153671 
and  she  is  exceptionally  good  foundation  stock. 
On  my  visit  to  Mr.  Householder  I  saw  a  two- 
year-old  heifer  that  impressed  me  very  favor- 
ably. She  is  possibly  an  extreme  beef  type,  but 
from  the  view  point  of  beefy  superiority,  she 
grades  high.  She  came  from  the  Amcoats  herd. 
Her  sire  is  Mystic  Victor  by  a  good  son  of 
Barmpton  Knight  and  her  dam  was  by  Lord 
Mayor,  a  source  of  Shorthorn  excellence.  Mr. 
Householder  is  breeding  to  the  Amcoats  bull  and 
getting  splendid  results.  This  course  is  highly 
recommended  to  smaller  breeders. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  305 

COFPEY  COUNTY 

C.  H.  White,  Burlington,— Mr.  White  began 
operations  in  1906  and  for  the  last  ten  years  he 
has  been  one  of  the  leading  breeders  in  southeast 
Kansas.  His  herd  is  kept  closely  culled  and  the 
visitor  will  find  some  very  good  Shorthorns  on 
this  farm.  Mr.  White  maintained  a  show  herd 
from  1911  to  1913  and  exhibited  successfully  at 
the  Nebraska  State  Fair  and  at  the  best  Kansas 
fairs  including  Topeka,  winning  well  in  both 
open  and  state  classes.  He  also  showed  at  the 
American  Royal  with  some  of  his  entries  well  in 
the  money. 

Possibly  the  best  cow  that  Mr.  White  owns 
and  one  that  would  be  a  credit  to  any  herd,  is 
Roan  Heather.  Her  sire,  Lord  Mayor  3d,  was  a 
high-class  show  bull  by  Lord  Mayor  out  of  Forest 
Daisy,  own  sister  to  the  dam  of  New  Year's 
Delight,  American  Royal  grand  champion  and 
International  junior  champion.  Roan  Heather 
was  third  in  her  class  at  Lincoln  and  Topeka. 
Her  dam  was  a  combination  of  White  Goods, 
Barrister  and  Col.  Harris'  best  line  of  breeding. 
Sweet  Novelette  2d  is  by  Richelieu  out  of  one  of 
the  best  Shorthorn  cows  of  her  day,  Charm's 
Novelette  by  Scotland's  Charm  out  of  a  dam  by 
Viscount  of  Anoka.  Richelieu  was  by  The  Choice 
of  All,  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  the  famous 
Rosedale  Violet  9th.  Since  Scotland's  Charm 


306  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

put  size,  quality  and  milk  into  nearly  everything 
he  sired  and  was  by  imp.  Lavender  Lad  out  of  a 
cow  by  imp.  Baron  Cruickshank  and  since  Vis- 
count of  Anoka  was  a  great  sire  and  one  of 
America's  greatest  show  bulls,  it  is  easy 
to  see  why  Sweet  Novelette  2d  should  be  espe- 
cially valuable. 

Roan  Heather  and  Sweet  Novelette  2d  are  rep- 
resentative in  value  and  in  quality  of  ancestry,  of 
the  cows.  Of  the  bulls,  Richelieu,  mentioned 
above,  was  probably  most  used.  Castellar  449- 
834,  a  very  rugged,  deep-bodied  roan,  is  now  in 
service.  On  his  sire's  side  he  carries  the  blood 
of  Snowflake,  sire  of  Ringmaster,  the  only  bull 
ever  three  times  International  grand  champion, 
and  that  of  imp.  Bessie  51st,  the  dam  of  White 
Goods,  probably  the  best  son  of  Choice  Goods. 
Castellar 's  dam  is  by  Victor  Sultan,  a  son  of 
Whitehall  Sultan  that  won  fame  as  an  outstand- 
ing sire  in  George  Allen's  herd. 

W.  S.  Bozeman,  Colony. — Mr.  Bozeman  has 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  nine  years  and  at 
the  time  of  my  visit  his  herd  numbered  twenty 
head  of  breeding  age.  Either  the  foundation  pur- 
chases were  made  with  exceptional  judgment 
or  Mr.  Bozeman  was  unusually  fortunate.  At 
any  rate,  he  has  a  good  herd  and  as  is  generally 
the  case,  it  is  well  loaded  with  the  blood  of  real 
Shorthorns.  Among  the  ancestors  found  in  the 
top  crosses  are  such  bulls  as  imp.  Magenta, 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  307 

Symphony's  Last,  Ceremonious  Archer,  Mystic 
Archer,  imp.  Chief  Steward,  56th  Duke  of  Air- 
drie,  imp.  Collynie,  imp.  Inglewood,  imp.  Prince 
President,  Lavender  Viscount,  Spartan  Hero, 
Whitehall  Sultan,  Godwin,  Good  Choice  and 
imp.  Conqueror. 

The  bull  at  the  head  of  the  herd  is  Chief  Stew- 
ard, bred  by  T.  J.  Sands.  His  sire  is  Clansman 
by  Snowstorm  and  his  dam  is  by  Lavender  Vice- 
roy 2d,  second  dam  by  the  Norton  bred  Courtier 
2d.  I  have  not  seen  this  young  bull  but  have  been 
told  that  he  is  a  very  thick,  smooth,  short-legged 
fellow,  attractive  in  appearance.  Mr.  Bozeman 
has  good  facilities  for  handling  his  cattle,  he 
seems  to  be  full  of  energy  and  his  pride  in  the 
business  speaks  well  for  future  success.  If  he 
fails  to  produce  a  real  Shorthorn  herd  it  is  be- 
cause he  fails  to  live  up  to  his  opportunities. 

E.  E.  Heacock  &  Sons,  Hartford.— Shorthorn 
breeding  which  began  here  in  1916,  has  made 
rapid  progress.  The  large  herd  has  been  federal 
tested  and  is  accredited.  The  cows  are  of  good 
size  and  quite  smooth  and  are  satisfactory  breed- 
ers and  sticklers.  While  this  is  not  a  herd  of  sky- 
high  prices,  yet  it  is  well  bred  and  useful  and  is 
making  money.  The  management  is  efficient, 
feeding  is  liberal  and  the  young  stock  is  well  de- 
veloped. The  local  show  ring  is  patronized  and 
at  least  a  full  share  of  the  prizes  are  carried 
away.  The  Heacocks  have  an  excellent  stock 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

farm  with  aburdant  pasture  and  alfalfa  and  a 
silo  furnishes  succulent  winter  feed.  That  the 
Shorthorn  business  will  continue  to  be  carried 
on  successfully  here  seems  assured  for  the  sons 
of  the  family  are  even  more  interested  than  is 
Mr.  Heacock  himself. 

Several  bulls  have  been  used  more  or  less  but 
the  leading  one  is  Brawith  Heir  351808.  He  was 
bred  by  Tomsons  and  sired  by  Gallant  Knight's 
Heir,  first  prize  bull  at  the  Kansas  State  Fair 
and  elsewhere.  His  dam  is  Gratitude  5th  by  White 
Goods,  the  great  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  imp. 
Bessie  51st,  owned  by  Thomas,  Jameison  & 
Mitchell.  Brawith  Heir  has  been  used  in  the 
herd  with  good  results.  A  new  bull,  Augusta's 
Archibald  by  the  Anoka  bred  Right  Stamp  by 
Sultan  Stamp,  has  just  been  bought.  Augusta's 
Archibald  is  out  of  imp..Brandby's  Augusta  4th 
and  carries  the  prestige  of  most  excellent  an- 
cestry. 

C.  L.  Buchanan,  Lebo. — Mr.  Buchanan  is  one 
of  the  older  breeders  of  C  of  fey  county,  having 
started  with  Shorthorns  in  1906.  A  few  years 
ago  he  held  a  successful  public  sale  and  there  are 
now  about  thirty  females  in  the  herd.  The  ma- 
ture cows  are  of  good  size  for  some  of  the 
older  ones  have  been  sold  on  the  market  and  the 
average  weight  of  1400  pounds  off  grass  proves 
the  assertion.  There  has  been  no  systematic  ef- 
fort made  to  keep  up  with  the  fashion  in  blood 


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lines  or  to  produce  the  highest-class  cattle,  but 
rather  to  breed  a  lot  of  the  practical  money- 
making,  farmer's  sort.  To  do  this,  however,  it 
has  required  the  use  of  pretty  good  bulls  and 
they  are  obtained  only  from  good  ancestry. 
Among  these  bulls  has  been  one  sired  by  Prime 
Minister  whose  dam  was  a  full  sister  to  the  In- 
ternational champion,  Lavender  Viscount.  The 
last  bull  used  was  Victor  Mysie,  a  splendid  breed- 
er, as  shown  in  his  get.  This  same  bull  also  sired 
the  fine  cows  mentioned  in  Hall  Bros.'  sketch. 
(Allen  county.)  Aside  from  the  sale  referred  to 
above,  the  produce  has  been  sold  locally  at  satis- 
factory prices. 

Stephen  C.  Odell,  Leroy. — Mr.  Odell  made  his 
first  purchases  from  the  J.  C.  Thorn  sale  of  ex- 
cellent cattle  and  secured  some  of  the  choice 
heifers  of  the  offering.  They  were  sired  by  the 
badly  named  but  splendid  breeding  bull,  Kaiser, 
a  son  of  the  great  Collynie  cow,  Sycamore  Secret. 
In  their  top  crosses  they  carried  the  blood  of 
Harding,  full  brother  to  H.  M.  Hill's  cow,  Sar- 
casm, the  prize  winning  Lord  Mayor  3d  and  the 
Choice  Goods  bull,  Choice  Prince,  whose  dam 
was  by  Alice's  Prince.  Three  of  the  best  cows  in 
the  C.  E.  Hill  sale  were  added  a  little  later.  The 
herd  bull  is  by  Sycamore  Victor,  a  son  of 
Mr.  Hill's  $2000  Sycamore  Secret  3d  and  out  of 
the  top  cow  of  Mr.  Thorn's  sale,  sold  to  J.  H. 
Holcomb  of  Humboldt  for  $505.  Mr.  Odell  is  a 


310  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

young  man  of  splendid  physique  and  ability  that 
should  enable  him  to  build  on  this  foundation  a 
herd  that  would  be  a  credit  to  himself  and  a 
benefit  to  the  surrounding  country. 

Wm.  Cronin  &  Sons,  Burlington. — Mr.  Cronin 
began  in  a  small  way  with  Shorthorns  in  1909 
and  in  1919  the  firm  was  able  to  hold  an  excellent 
sale  of  thirty-five  head.  The  herd  is  of  popular 
breeding.  Stock  has  been  shown  with  success  at 
the  Coffey  county  fair  and  it  is  one  of  the  plans 
for  the  future  that  showing  be  continued.  Per- 
haps the  best  bull  was  Hall's  Cumberland,  bred 
by  C.  A.  Saunders.  His  sire  was  See  A.  Cum- 
berland by  Cumberland's  Last  and  his  dam  was 
Lady  Dorothy  llth  by  Baron  Golddust  3d.  Dus- 
ter Dale,  a  good  young  bull,  now  heads  the  herd. 
He  is  by  Robert  Russell's  Walnut  Type  and  his 
dam  is  by  Glenview  Dale  3d,  a  son  of  Avondate. 

Ivy  Allen  &  Sons,  Burlington. — A  small  herd 
has  been  kept  here  for  ten  years,  but  real  effort 
dates  from  1920  when  the  firm  added  two  out- 
standing COWTS  with  heifer  calves.  More  such 
females  and  a  bull  to  match  were  secured  a  little 
later.  These  purchases  included  Janette  4th  by 
Choice  Prince  followed  by  Morning  Star  and 
March  Knight  and  Diamond  Queen  13th,  one  of 
the  best  cows  in  the  1920  Royal  sale. 

E.  E.  Brott,  Burlington. — Mr.  Brott  has  a  few 
good  cows  and  he  is  planning  to  increase  his 
numbers  and  become  an  active  breeder.  Practical 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  311 

utility  will  be  his  guiding  star  and  with  a  favor- 
able location  and  bright  boys  who  are  taking  a 
lively  interest  in  the  Shorthorns,  the  way  to  suc- 
cess is  clear.  These  boys  especially  attracted  my 
attention  because  of  the  knowledge  they  had  of 
the  cattle,  as  well  as  their  interest  in  them. 

R.  L.  Clark,  Leroy. — Mr.  Clark  is  laying  the 
foundation  for  a  good  herd  and  aside  from  securr 
ing  a  few  nice  cows  he  has  been  fortunate  in 
obtaining  a  bull  that  is  much  better  than  the  av- 
erage beginner  gets.  He  is  one  of  the  best  types 
of  bulls  I  have  seen  in  the  county  and  his 
ancestry  is  such  as  to  promise  satisfactory  re- 
sults. Nothing  more  is  needed  than  sticking  to 
the  business  and  giving  the  cattle  proper  care. 

J.  W.  Harrington,  Burlington. — Mr.  Harring- 
ton is  a  new  breeder  who  bought  three  useful 
cows  and  who  has  a  thick,  short-legged  bull  bred 
by ;  .Win.  Oronin  &  Sons.  Like  many  others 
who  own  land,  he  realizes  that  cattle  must  be 
kept  on  the  farms  and  he  believes  a  rugged 
Shorthorn  cow-that  is  a  good  milker  is  the  prac- 
tical and  profitable  kind  for  the  small  farmer. 

J.  F.  Knight,  Lebo.* — This  little  herd  consists 
of  purchases  that  are  of  very  nice  breeding  from 
C.  L.  Buchanan  and  Wm.  Cronin  &  Sons.  The 
Buchanan  cows  are  by  Victor  Mysie,  an  unusual- 
ly good  breeding  bull.  The  bull  used  is  also  by 
Victor  Mysie.  His  dam  is  by  a  son  of  Andrew 

*       Telephone,  Halls  Summit 


312  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

Pringle's  Prime  Minister,  a  big,  smooth  animal 
of  great  excellence  and  the  best  of  breeding. 

M.  H.  Lyon,  Waverly. — Mr.  Lyon  has  seven 
attractive  females  and  a  bull.  Wenaf ord  226317 
and  Beatrice  226308  are  five-year-olds  from  C. 
L.  Buchanan's  herd.  Their  sire  is  the  exception- 
al breeding  bull,  Victor  Mysie  345498,  sire  of 
a  number  of  excellent  cows  in  Hall  Bros.' 
herd  at  Carlyle.  Red  Scotch,  a  desirable  bull 
from  the  herd  of  William  Cronin,  is  in  service 
and  is  getting  first-class  calves. 

Harry  Shannon,  LeRoy. — Mr.  Shannon  bought 
three  cows  at  the  R.  A.  Drummond  sale  in  Feb- 
ruary 1919  and  he  is  another  of  those  well  fa- 
vored persons  who  can  furnish  his  cattle  every- 
thing needed  for  their  best  development.  The 
calves  that  I  have  seen  would  indicate  that  at 
least  two  of  his  cows  are  excellent  breeders,  a 
fact  which  only  men  old  in  the  business  appreci- 
ate at  its  full  value. 

CLOUD  COUNTY 

F.  J.  Colwell,  Glasco. — Mr.  Colwell  has  a  herd 
of  thirty  females  above  the  average  in  size  and 
of  good  conformation.  Maud  2d  was  sired  by  the 
Rustler,  a  son  of  The  Lad  For  Me,  International 
grand  champion  in  1900,  and  out  of  Russella,  the 
dam  of  Ruberta,  undefeated  American  cow  und 
International  grand  champion  in  1901.  The  dam 
of  Maud  2d  was  by  Mr.  Gif ford's  outstanding 


A  HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  313 

bull,  Red  Knight.  Flora  185502  is  by  Marquis,  a 
son  of  Mr.  Hanna's  Prince  Royal,  son  of  imp. 
Collynie  and  imp.  Princess  Royal  62d  and  out  of 
a  daughter  of  imp.  Lord  Cowslip.  Flora's  dam 
is  by  Gallant  Knight  that  in  Tomson's  herd  was 
the  sire  of  many  prize  winners  at  the  big  shows. 
Red  Mollie  is  by  Barmpton  Model,  a  Tomson 
bred  son  of  Barmpton  Knight,  one  of  the  best 
sires  ever  used  in  the  Tomson  herd.  Lady  Wash- 
ington 34th  is  by  Barrister,  a  bull  that  during  his 
show  yard  career  won  247  first  prizes. 

One  might  continue  to  write  such  facts,  but 
enough  have  been  given  to  show  the  remarkable 
line  of  ancestry  in  this  herd.  The  bull  in  use  is 
well  selected.  He  is  Gainford  Lancer  by  the 
great  sire,  Gainford  Champion,  a  son  of  imp. 
Gainford  Marquis,  junior  champion  at  the  Inter- 
national in  1911,  later  famous  as  a  Canadian 
sire,  and  now  recognized  as  one  of  America's 
greatest  bulls.  The  dam  of  Gainford  Lancer  is 
by  imp.  Jilt  Victor  and  from  an  elegant  line  of 
ancestors. 

Arden  Jewell,  Concordia.* — Mr.  Jewell's  herd 
was  started  a  few  years  ago  and  now  numbers 
thirty  females.  They  range  from  medium  to 
large  and  it  is  the  owner's  intention  to  grow  his 
young  stock  as  large  as  he  can.  With  all  kinds  of 
good  grass  including  alfalfa,  with  big  wheat 
fields  and  plenty  of  alfalfa  hay,  he  will  be 

Station  and  telephone,  Talmo. 


314  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS 

enabled  to  come  out  with  a  herd  of  more  than 
average  size.  The  original  purchases  came  from 
Blank  Bros.  &  Kleen  of  Nebraska  and  from  P. 
•C.  Kingsley  of  Auburn.  The  bull  being  used  is 
Marshall's  boy  751953  by  Marshall's  Choice 
340687.  Mr.  Jewell  is  fortunately  located  near 
other  breeders  among  whom  co-operation  is  prac- 
ticed in  the  larger  sense. 

COMANCHE  COUNTY 
E.  S.  Dale,  Protection. — Eastern  Kansas 
breeders  do  not  usually  associate  a  high-class 
Shorthorn  herd  with  the  short  grass  country, 
but  had  they  observed  Mr.  Dale  at  the  Salter- 
Robison  sale  in  1920  as  he  bid  in  $400  install- 
ments on  Missie's  Last  up  to  $6000  against  H.  C. 
Lookabaugh  and  then  saw  him  buy  Emblem  Jr. 
for  his  Comanche  county  herd  for  $4000  over 
the  bids  made  by  Peter  Ross,  they  might  have 
changed  their  ideas.  His  action  is  typical  of  the 
man  and  is  reflected  in  the  herd  of  cattle  he 
owns.  Improved  methods  of  feeding  and  hand- 
ling are  being  adopted  and  the  second  public 
sale  from  this  herd  will  be  held  in  1921.  Local 
shows  have  been  patronized  and  good  winnings 
have  resulted. 

More  than  fifty  females  are  now  on  the 
farm.  The  roan  six-year-old,  Lovely  Goods  2d, 
is  by  that  outstanding  sire,  Ruberta's  Goods, 
whose  get  are  among  America's  most  popular 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 


315 


prize  winners  and  good  producing  cows.  Lovely 
Goods'  dam  is  by  Lady  Rose  of  Ardmore  by 
Scottish  Pride.  Lavender  Mist  came  from  Tom- 
son  Bros,  and  is  by  Mystic  Chief,  one  of  the  best 
known  sons  of  Barmpton  Knight  out  of  a  Lord 
Mayor  dam.  Lavender  Mist 's  dam  is  by  Archer, 
the  splendid  son  of  imp.  Collynie  and  imp.  Circe 
3d. 

Several  different  bulls  have  been  used.  Col- 
lynie Lad  combined  the  blood  of  Prince  of  Col- 
lynie, imp.  Collynie  and  Royal  Knight;  Mari- 
gold's Chief,  a  Tomson  production,  that  of 


EMBLEM  JR.,   HIGHEST   PRICED   FIFTEEN-MONTH-OL1 
BULL  EVEB  BRED  AND  SQLD  LN  E^JSTSAS 


316  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Barmpton  Knight  and  imp.  Marigold  50th. 
Roan  Monarch  was  bred  by  II.  T.  Forbes  and 
was  by  Royal  Monarch  out  of  Sweet  Orange. 
(See  Forbes  sketch.)  Butterfly  Royalist,  now 
in  service,  is  by  imp.  Butterfly  Duke  out  of  imp. 
Lady  Marion  2d.  In  the  purchase  of  Emblem 
Jr.  for  $4000  Mr.  Dale  secured  what  will  prob- 
ably be  his  best  investment,  for  the  bull  is  even 
better  than  his  picture  shows  him.  His  sire,  imp. 
British  Emblem,  was  one  of  the  most  promising 
young  bulls  in  the  entire  country  and  his  dam 
is  a  cow  of  great  excellence  by  Prince  Valentine 
4th,  one  of  the  best  sires  in  Kansas. 

COWLEY  COUNTY 

Fred  Abildgaard,  Winfield.— When  I  first 
met  Mr.  Abildgaard  I  made  up  my  mind  that 
here  was  a  man  who  would  become  a  real  Short- 
horn breeder.  A  few  hours  conversation  with 
him  later,  confirmed  this  opinion  and  when  I 
reached  his  home,  looked  over  the  cattle,  ob- 
served his  methods  and  listened  to  his  state- 
ments, I  knew  that  Mr.  Abilgaard  was  already  a 
real  breeder.  He  has  an  additional  guarantee  of 
success  in  his  sons  who  take  a  very  active  inter- 
est in  the  Shorthorns  and  who  are  giving  them 
personal  attention  not  often  given  except  by  pro- 
fessional herdsmen.  The  results  of  such  care 
and  attention  are  apparent. 

Mr.  Abildgaard  is  no  novice  in  the  business.  A 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS  317 

few  years  ago  he  was  owner  of  a  herd  in  northern 
Missouri,  which  was  sold  to  Bellows  Bros,  and 
some  of  these  cattle  brought  high  prices  in  their 
sales  and  since  then  have  been  resold  at  from 
$2000  to  $4000.  Three  years  ago  Mr.  Abildgaard 
located  near  Winf  ield. 

There  are  ten  cows  in  the  herd,  all  reds,  al1 
three  to  four  years  old,  all  good  ones  and  as  ma- 
tured cows  they  should  be  a  grand  lot.  Eight  of 
them  are  sired  by  Athene's  Scotchman,  a  splen- 
did bull  of  H.  P.  Brown's  breeding,  one  is  by 
Rosewood  Dale  and  one  by  a  son  of  Maxwalton 
Renown.  Each  of  these  cows  either  has  a  calf 
at  foot  or  will  calve  shortly.  It  is  needless  to  say 
that  they  carry  the  blood  of  excellent  Shorthorn 
sires.  They  are  being  bred  to  a  white  bull  and 
elegant  calves,  all  roans,  are  the  result. 

This  bull,  Villager  Magnet,  is  worthy  of  atten- 
tion. He  is  about  five  years  old,  a  son  of  Village 
Fancy  417901  out  of  a  cow  by  imp.  Mutineer  that 
sold  in  Bellows  Bros.'  1917  sale  for  $1750.  In 
lookirg  over  my  notes  I  find  this  entry  in  regard 
to  Villager  Magnet :' '  Can 't  say  anything  too  good ' 
about  this  bull  ard  his  calves."  He  is  the  big, 
deep,  thick  kind  and  a  wonderful  breeder.  He 
might  stand  a  little  closer  to  the  ground  but  he 
is  so  massive  and  has  such  good  Shorthorn  char- 
acter that  he  can  not  fairly  be  subjected  to  ser- 
ious criticism,  especially  when  his  two-year-old 
heifers  are  under  inspection. 


318  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

While  this  herd  is  splendidly  developed  along 
beef  producing  lines,  special  attention  is  being 
paid  to  milk  development.  All  the  cows  are  far 
above  the  average  as  milkers  and  Villager  Mag- 
net, the  herd  bull,  is  from  heavy  milking  ances- 
try of  the  best  Scotch  type,  his  dam  having  given 
six  gallons  of  milk  per  day. 

In  a  general  way,  Mr.  Abildgaard  handles  his 
cattle  for  best  results  without  overcrowding.  The 
herd  receives  liberal  care  and  the  young  stock 
is  grown  and  developed  to  reach  what  the  merit 
of  its  good  ancestry  makes  possible.  It  is  evi- 
dent that  the  cost  per  day  does  not  enter  into  the 
calculation  so  much  as  does  the  result  to  be  ob- 
tained and  the  ultimate  profit  to  be  derived  from 
intelligent  care  and  feeding.  Mr.  Abildgaard 's 
location  on  an  ideal  stock  farm  and  the  co-oper- 
ation of  such  boys  as  his  sons,  assures  for  his 
cattle  a  leading  place  among  Kansas  herds. 

Since  the  article  above  was  written,  Mr.  Abild- 
gaard has  purchased  J.  E.  Paton's  excellent 
herd.  This  includes  two  cows  of  outstanding 
merit.  One  comes  from  the  Kansas  State  Agri- 
cultural College  and  is  by  that  great  sire,  Match- 
less Dale.  The  other  comes  from  C.  E.  Leonard 
and  represents  the  very  best  of  the  ancestry 
for  which  that  herd  is  famous.  He  has  also 
bought  a  splendid  producing  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Archer  out  of  a  Bellows  bred  Cruickshank 
Columbia  cow  and  two  Stunkel  bred  Star  Goods 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


319 


Victor  Orange  cows.  The  acquisition  of  these 
cows,  together  with  the  stock  already  on  hand, 
gives  Mr.  Abildgaard  one  of  the  choice  herds  of 
southern  Kansas. 

J.  E.  Paton,  Winfield. — Mr.  Paton  has  dem- 
onstrated his  ability  as  a  successful  breeder  and 
handler  of  Shorthorns  as  few  young  men  of  my 
acquaintance  have  done,  for  nowhere  in  my 
travels  did  I  find  any  one  who  secured  better 


VELVET  TYPE 

results  from  a  herd  that  did  he.  The  stock  on 
Shady  Brook  farm  at  present  consists  of  only 
five  high-class  females  and  the  herd  bull.  Em- 
erald's Choice  is  a  big  red,  bred  by  C.  .E. 
Leonard  &  Son.  Her  sire,  Rosedale's  Choice  is 


320  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

one  of  the  three  noted  sons  of  the  cham- 
pion, Choice  Goods  out  of  the  famous 
Rosedale  Violet  9th.  Her  dam  is  imp.  Emerald 
4th  from  Wm.  Norie's  herd  and  sired  by  Wrang- 
ler, son  of  Mr.  Duthie's  greatest  bull,  Scottish 
Archer.  Silver  Lavender  is  a  promising  daugh- 
ter of  Cumberland  Star  703360  out  of  a  Leonard 
bred  daughter  of  Wooddale  Stamp,  one  of  the 
best  known  sons  of  the  Choice  of  All.  This  heifer, 
judged  by  her  ancestry  ard  her  merit,  should  de- 
velop into  a  magnificent  cow.  The  herd  bull  is 
Velvet  Type,  a  prize  winner  at  the  Kansas  Na- 
ational  and  a  bull  of  such  quality  as  is  seldom 
found  at  the  head  of  a  small  herd.  His  sire  is 
Narcissus  Type,  the  Cumberland's  Type  bull 
used  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College, 
and  his  dam  is  Golden  Lavender  4th  by  Wood- 
dale  Stamp  out  of  a  cow  by  Marengo's  Viscount. 
Chas.  M.  Baird,  Arkansas  City. — Mr.  Baird 
has  the  large  herd  of  Cowley  county  and  it  is  a 
good,  useful  one,  where  cattle  are  kept  in  a  nat- 
ural way,  reaching  normal  development  and  re- 
sponding well  to  care  and  attention.  The  cows 
represent  a  desirable  line  of  ancestry,  well  bred 
bulls  have  been  used  ever  since  breeding  opera- 
tions were  begun.  The  herd  is  descended  from 
such  sires  as  Golden  Victor  Jr.,  used  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  by  H.  M.  Hill ;  Scott  Jr.,  locally  fa- 
mous as  a  show  bull  in  the  Butler  county  herd  of 
W.  J.  Snodgrass;  Galahad,  Col.  Harris'  bull  and 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS   IN    KANSAS  321 

many  other  good  ones  that  might  be  mentioned. 
At  no  time  has  any  effort  been  made  to  use  spec- 
ial blood  lines,  Mr.  Baird  demanding  size  and 
true  Shorthorn  character  rather  than  certain 
kinds  of  breeding.  He  has  had  local  demand  for 
the  bulls  and  the  females  have  so  far  been  re- 
tained in  the  herd.  There  are  now  on  the  farm  a 
lot  of  heifers  sired  by  Marshall's  Best,  a  son  of 
the  Hanna  bred  Scottish  Chief  and  to  mate  with 
these,  the  massive  roan  bull,  Silverheel,  has  been 
purchased.  He  is  by  Silvermine,  well  known  in 
Stodder's  and  Marshall  Bros.'  herds.  He  is  a 
good  one  from  end  to  end  and  he  should  be  a  val- 
uable breeding  bull.  Mr.  Baird  is  one  of  the 
state's  heavy  farmers,  progressive  and  up  to  date 
in  every  way,  and  the  Shorthorns  produced  here 
will  be  satisfactory  to  purchasers. 

J.  A.  Fasken  &  Son,  Atlanta.— J.  A.  Fasken  & 
Son  have  a  splendid  tract  of  land  on  which  to 
handle  cattle.  They  began  breeding  in  Morris 
county  about  fourteen  years  ago,  going  to  Cow- 
ley  county  seven  years  ago.  The  present  herd 
was  founded  by  purchases  from  David  Ballan- 
tyne  &  Sons  of  Herington  and  those  who  knew 
the  Ballantyne  herd  know  there  was  a  rare 
opportunity  to  select  foundation  stock.  Five  of 
the  cows  secured  were  by  Collynie  Pride,  a  splen- 
did Hanna  bred  son  of  Collynie,  that  had  for 
dam  one  of  the  excellent  cows  coming  from 
Elbert  &  Fall,  and  four  were  by  Marshall 


322  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Abbotsburn  3d  whose  sire  was  out  of  Mary 
Abbotsburn  7th,  the  unrivaled  cow  of  her  day. 

A  splendid  bull  was  secured  from  S.  D.  Mitch- 
ell, a  son  of  White  Goods,  dam  by  47th  Duke  of 
Airdrie.  (See  Mitchell  sketch.)  Another  one 
was  by  Captain  Lovely  out  of  a  dam  by  Mr. 
Stodder's  great  Captain  Archer.  The  present 
herd  bull  is  a  massive  roan  by  Mr.  Hanna's 
Hampton  Spray  out  of  Golden  Queen  3d  by  imp. 
Collynie,  second  dam,  imp.  Golden  Queen.  (See 
S.  C.  Hanna  history.)  This  is  a  very  desirable 
bull  and  those  who  like  the  big,  beefy,  deep,  thick 
kind  could  not  help  liking  him.  A  promising 
yearling  bull,  recently  bought  from  E.  L.  Stun- 
kel,  will  also  be  tried.  He  is  by  Cumberland 
Diamond,  dam  by  Star  Goods,  second  dam  by 
Victor  Orange. 

J.  W.  Sickles  &  Sons,  Winfield.— Substantial 
care  is  being  given  the  good  sized  herd  of  Short- 
horns on  this  farm  but  they  are  not  being  pushed 
for  extra  development.  The  appearance  of  the 
calves  speaks  well  for  the  cows  as  producers.  I 
was  impressed  with  the  fact  that  the  Sickles  have 
ample  facilities  for  handling  their  cattle  and  that 
it  would  probably  be  only  a  question  of  time  un- 
til their  ambition  would  lead  them  to  put  up  a 
high-class  herd.  The  material  .they  have  on 
hand  is  good  enough,  if  mated  with  the  right 
kind  of  bulls  and  developed  rightly,  to  produce 
such  results. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  323 

In  common  with  all  the  cattle  of  this  territory, 
the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie  is  found  strongly  in- 
fused in  the  top  crosses,  also  that  of  Prince  of 
Collynie,  imp.  Scotchman  and  47th  Duke  of  Air- 
drie,  three  bulls  that  figure  prominently  in  many 
of  the  cattle  coming  from  H.  M.  Hill's  herd. 
From  the  Stodder  herd,  located  near  by,  came 
the  blood  of  the  noted  sire,  Captain  Archer.  Mr. 
Palmer's  Commander;  the  Bellows  bred  Cham- 
pion's Best;  the  well  known  Valley  Champion; 
Scott  Jr.,  an  outstanding  show  and  breeding  bull ; 
Dr.  Primrose,  the  great  son  of  Baron  Victor 
owned  by  Williams  Bros,  and  others  of  like  qual- 
ity are  much  in  evidence.  With  good  sized,  strong 
females  of  such  ancestry  and  a  high-class  bull 
which  the  Sickles  intend  to  secure,  the  task  of 
producing  real  Shorthorns  will  not  be  difficult. 

CRAWFORD  COUNTY 
Theo.  Jagels,  Hepler. — This  is  a  substan- 
tial herd  founded  in  1916  to  which  some  out- 
standing females,  that  could  not  fail  to  attract 
general  and  favorable  attention,  have  recently 
been  added.  Mr.  Jagels  has  the  practical  utility 
idea  firmly  fixed  in  his  mind  and  the  cattle  I 
have  seen  that  went  into  his  herd  convince  me 
that  here  will  be  an  establishment  that  will  turn 
out  a  splendid  class  of  best  money  making  Short- 
horns. 

Three  of  the  choicest  heifers  in  Col.  Burgess' 


324  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

sale  at  Fort  Scott  in  June  1920  fell  to  Mr.  Jagels' 
bidding.  Village  Butterfly  and  Rosebud's  Goods 
9th  are  both  low  down,  thick,  beautiful  speci- 
mens of  the  breed  and  show  animals  of  the  best 
type.  The  first  is  by  Brawith  Villager  by  imp. 
Villager  and  her  dam  is  by  imp.  Mutineer  out  of 
a  cow  by  the  Duthie  bred  imp.  Royal  Fancy.  The 
other  is  by  Golden  King,  a  son  of  Mr.  McDer- 
mott's  famous  Cumberland  Marshal  out  of  a 
Fair  Goods  cow.  Her  dam  is  by  a  son  of  Morn- 
ing Star  out  of  a  granddaughter  of  Carter's 
Choice  Goods.  Banff's  Cecelia,  while  not  of  such 
pronounced  show  yard  type,  is  a  big,  smooth  two- 
year-old  that  promises  to  become  a  valuable 
breeding  cow.  Her  sire  is  by  an  excellent  son  of 
imp.  Lord  Banff,  the  first  Scotch  bull  to  sell  for 
more  than  $5000. 

A  herd  bull  worthy  of  such  females  is  found 
in  Barmpton's  Villager.  His  sire  is  Mina's 
Avon  Villager,  a  son  of  Village  Flash  out  of 
Maxwalton  Mina  9th  by  Maxwalton  Renown  out 
of  an  Avondale  cow.  His  dam  is  by  the  Norton 
bred  Crown  Prince,  an  outstanding  and  well 
known  sire  used  by  A.  O.  Stanley,  and  the  rest  of 
the  pedigree  is  of  the  best  and  most  popular 
blood  lines  of  the  breed.  With  Mr.  Jagels' 
judgment  and  determination  to  produce  the  best, 
his  success  can  not  be  doubted. 

H.  I.  Gaddis,  McCune. — I  have  seen  quite  a 
number  of  Shorthorns  from  Mr.  Gaddis'  herd 


A   HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  325 

at  different  sales  and  they  were  all  good  ones.  A 
recent  visit  to  the  farm  has  added  to  the  favor- 
able impression  I  held  of  the  cattle  and  of  Mr. 
Gaddis  himself '.  There  are  more  than  fifty  fe- 
males on  the  farm.  They  are  of  medium  size, 
both  extremes  being  well  avoided.  They  are  an 
unusually  neat  lot  of  cows  with  good  heads  and 
necks,  feminine,  yet  not  delicate,  in  appearance, 
the  class  of  females  that  experienced  breeders 
would  select  as  profitable  producers.  Bulls  sold 
from  this  herd  have  proved  these  assertions  in 
several  instances  by  winning  in  state  fair  con- 
tests. Mr.  Gaddis  has  been  a  contributor  to 
the  Central  Sale  at  Kansas  City,  the  Kansas 
National  at  Wichita  and  the  Southeast  Kansas 
both  at  Cof f eyville  and  Independence  and  his  of- 
fering is  always  well  received.  The  herd  was 
founded  in  18C8  by  his  father  and  himself  and  he 
has  been  sole  owner  for  a  dozen  years. 

Sultan's  Queen  by  Red  Sultan  is  one  of  the 
best  cows.  Her  sire  is  by  Village  Sultan,  a  son 
of  Whitehall  Sultan  out  of  imp.  Village  Maid 
30th.  Her  dam  is  Village  Cup  3d.  Rosebud  5th 
is  by  Orange  Model,  one  of  the  most  favorably 
known  sires  in  the  West  and  her  dam  is  by  Lav- 
ender Viceroy  by  the  International  grand  cham- 
pion, Lavender  Viscount.  A  large  part  of  the 
Gaddis  herd  is  of  similar  breeding  and  most  of 
the  herd  is  of  the  most  popular  blood  lines 
throughout. 


326  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

It  would  hardly  be  practical  to  mention  in  de- 
tail all  the  bulls  that  have  been  used.  Among  the 
valuable  ones  was  Scottish  Viceroy.  He  was  by 
Lavender  Viceroy,  mentioned  above,  and  out  of 
Pride  of  Orchard  Farm  B  15th  by  Secret 
Barmpton.  This  line  of  breeding  is  now  very 
popular  in  the  herds  of  W.  A.  Better idge  and 
Bellows  Bros.  Scottish  Viceroy  was  directly 
descended  from  some  of  America's  best  Short- 
horns including  Lavender  Viscount,  Baron 
Lavender  2d  and  imp.  Baron  Victor.  Choice 
Collynie,  used  with  success,  represented  on  bis 
sire's  side  imp.  Collynie  and  Choice  Goods.  He 
was  out  of  the  excellent  cow  Wistful  (see  H.  M. 
Hill  sketch)  giving  him  another  cross  to  Collynie 
and  through  Royal  Knight  to  imp.  Princess 
Alice,  one  of  the  country's  greatest  cows.  Secret 
Baron,  used  until  recently,  was  by  Snowstorm, 
the  best  known  western  son  of  Snowf  lake,  sire  of 
Ringmaster,  three  times  International  grand 
champion.  Secret  Baron  sired  a  splendid  lot  of 
stock  and  he  was  perhaps  the  best  known  of  the 
Gaddis  bulls.  The  bull  now  used  is  Challenger's 
Knight  by  Dale's  Challenger  by  Double  Dale, 
one  of  the  most  noted  of  Avondale's  sons.  His 
dam  is  White  Marigold  by  imp.  Crescent  Knight 
out  of  imp.  Scotch  Marigold.  He  is  a  good  young 
bull  from  the  very  choicest  ancestry. 

E.  L.  Holstine,  Girard. — Mr.  Holstine's  early 
purchases  included  an  excellent  daughter  of 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


327 


Baron  Marr,  one  of  the  best  sons  of  Cumber- 
land's Last.  For  several  years  Lord  Hampton 
by  Hampton's  Challenger  287618  was  used  with 
satisfactory  results.  In  1915  Mr.  Holstine 
bought  the  bull  that  proved  an  outstanding 
sire.  Hampton  Primrose  by  Hampton  Spray  out 
of  Primrose  6th,  one  of  the  best  cows  in  Mr. 
Hanna's  herd,  has  been  used  by  him  for  five 
years  and  the  herd  now  consists  largely  of  his 
daughters.  I  have  seen  many  of  Hampton  Prim- 
rose's  calves  and  all  were  good  ones.  His  dam 
was  by  imp.  Inglewood  and  his  second  dam  was 
imp.  Primrose  4th  bred  by  Mr.  Duthie  and  sired 
by  Scottish  Archer,  Mr.  Duthie 's  greatest  bull. 
This  herd  of  young  cows  by  such  a  sire  should 
prove  very  valuable.  Roan  Robin,  a  young  bull 
of  excellent  type  and  quality,  is  now  in  use.  His 
ancestry  on  both  sides  is  of  the  best. 

Adam  H.  Andrew,  Girard. — Mr.  Andrew  has 
been  with  Shorthorns  all  his  life  and  since  1895 
he  has  been  breeding  on  his  own  account.  A  suc- 
cessful sale  was  held  in  1914.  It  is  planned  to 
make  an  occasional  addition  by  purchase  and  to 
exhibit  at  the  county  fair.  The  cows  are  of  very 
.popular  breeding  and  are  medium  in  size  with 
deep  bodies  set  on  short  legs.  They  are  main- 
tained in  thrifty  condition  on  the  ordinary  farm 
feeds.  The  herd  has  always  been  kept  closely 
culled.  Such  bulls  as  the  Kellerman  bred  8th 
Prince  of  Vinewood ;  Mayor  of  Valley  View  by 


328  A   HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS   IN   KANSAS 

Lord  Mayor  and  the  well  known  sire,  Orange 
Major  have  been  used.  Edgewood's  Stamp  by 
Clara's  Choice  is  now  in  service.  Mr.*  Andrew 
has  recently  added  to  his  herd  an  elegant,  big, 
red  cow  by  that  great  sire,  March  Knight.  Such 
cows  are  not  usually  found  in  small  herds  and  her 
value  can  not  be  estimated. 

DICKINSON  COUNTY 

C.  W.  Taylor,  Abilene.* — It  is  a  farm  worth 
looking  over  that  furnishes  the  home  for  the 
Taylor  Shorthorns.  Several  large  houses  and 
large  barns  and  sheds  provide  shelter  for  men 
and  animals  required  in  carrying  on  operations 
on  this  tract  of  1760  acres  of  excellent,  tillable 
land.  Everything  is  done  on  a  big  scale  on  this 
farm.  Just  now  the  herd  is  comparatively  small 
— between  100  and  200  head — having  been  re- 
duced temporarily  in  order  that  more  wheat 
could  be  raised.  Its  normal  size  is  from  200  to 
300  head.  Everything  indoors  and  out  is  under 
the  immediate  supervision  of  William  Harvey 
and  his  estimable  wife,  who  came  from  Scotland 
some  ten  years  ago  to  take  charge  of  this  big 
farm.  The  proprietor  devotes  much  time  and 
thought  to  the  business  and  every  minute  spent 
with  him  reveals  the  wide  awake  man  of  big  af- 
fairs. 


Farm  near  Pearl  on  Bock  Island.     Ship  on  Mo.  Pac.,  Santa  Fe, 
Union  Pacific  or  Bock  Island. 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  329 

Mr.  Taylor  has  followed  the  plan  of  having 
herd  bulls  and  females  of  true  Shorthorn  type 
and  usefulness.  The  cattle  have  been  kept  on  a 
reasonable  amount  of  feed  and  not  pushed  for 
more  than  good  development,  the  theory  being 
that  the  customers  were  not  heavy  feeders  and 
that  the  output  would  give  better  satisfaction  in 
the  long  run  than  if  developed  to  a  point  beyond 
that  maintained  by  the  man  into  whose  hands 
they  would  fall;  and  that  if  the  purchaser  cared 
to  feed  more  heavily  the  product  of  this  farm 
would  respond  to  such  a  system.  Local  and  west- 
ern trade  have  taken  the  surplus  at  satisfactory 
prices  and  at  no  time  in  recent  years  has  there 
been  a  lack  of  customers.  The  Shorthorns  are 
paying  well  and  giving  general  satisfaction  to 
the  buyers,  which  is  as  high  a  compliment  as  can 
be  paid  any  establishment. 

The  herd  was  founded  with  eight  cows  from 
Col.  Harris'  Linwood  herd.  These,  of  course, 
were  of  excellent  ancestry.  With  them  came  the 
bull,  Vandal,  bred  and  used  by  Col.  Harris.  Few 
female  additions  have  been  made  but  those 
bought  have  been  carefully  selected.  One  of  them 
is  Lassie  79626  by  Senator  bred  by  Col.  Harris 
and  sired  by  Godwin,  the  excellent  son  of  imp. 
Spartan  Hero  and  imp.  Golden  Thistle.  Sen- 
ator's dam  was  20th  Linwood  Victoria  by  Gala- 
had. The  dam  of  Lassie  was  Lula  Lancaster  by 
Barmpton  Bud  152945.  Roan  Seraphina  was 


330  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

one  of  the  cows  purchased  earlier.  Her  dam 
came  from  Linwood  and  her  sire  was  Golden 
Knight,  the  son  of  imp.  Craven  Knight  and  Nor- 
ton 's  Golden  Drop,  that  was  used  so  freely  by 
Col.  Harris.  Seraphina's  dam  was  by  Galahad, 
sire  of  Gallant  Knight.  This  gives  an  idea  of  the 
quality  of  the  cow  foundation. 

As  before  stated,  Vandal  was  the  first  bull 
used.  One  of  the  next  was  Lafitte  by  Royal 
Knight,  one  of  the  best  bulls  of  the  breed  used  by 
Col.  Harris  and  later  by  Mr.  Hanna.  Bold 
Knight  came  from  Tomsons  and  was  by  Gallant 
Knight,  the  bull  that  made  the  Tomson  herd  one 
of  national  importance.  His  dam  was  by  imp. 
Thistle  Top.  (See  Tomson  sketch.)  Headlight 
2d  was  bred  by  Joseph  Duncan  and  was  by 
Knight  of  Meadow  Farm  3d  out  of  the  Harris 
bred  Starlight  by  Galahad.  Valiant  was  bred  by 
Tomsons  and  was  by  St.  Clair,  a  son  of  imp. 
Crescent  Knight,  out  of  imp.  Clara  59th.  Mar- 
engo's  Pearl,  a  bull  much  used,  came  from  C.  E. 
Leonard.  He  was  by  Marengo's  Choice,  one  of 
the  best. of  later  day  Ravenswood  sires. 

Two  bulls  are  now  doing  service.  Village  Heir 
comes  from  Uppermill  and  is  a  son  of  the  great 
Villager  and  his  dam  is  Rosetta  Grassland  2d,  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Conqueror  out  of  imp.  Rosetta 
12th.  Victor  Dale  is  by  Maxwalton  Rosedale, 
well  known  sire  in  the  Pringle  and  Tomson 
herds.  This  gives  these  bulls  close  connection 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  331 

with  the  best  Shorthorn  breeding  in  America. 

There  is  much  to  recommend  the  general 
policy  of  Shorthorn  production  as  practiced  by 
Mr.  Taylor.  Securing  fair  development  on  ordin- 
ary farm  feeds  is  the  ideal  way  of  producing 
cattle  and  stock  so  produced  is  always  responsive 
to  increased  feed.  The  success  of  Mr.  Taylor's 
establishment  has  rested  and  will  continue  to 
rest  on  the  satisfaction  given  by  its  output. 

T.  A.  Ballantyne,  Herington. — For  nearly 
forty  years  David  Ballantyne  raised  an  excellent 
class  of  Shorthorns  and  his  son,  T.  A.  Ballan- 
tyne, is  his  successor  in  the  business.  The  Ballan- 
tyne cattle  were  first  of  all  practical  and  useful 
for  the  old  Scotchman  had  enough  of  the  sound 
sense  with  which  Scotch  breeders  are  credited  to 
avoid  anything  that  would  not  pay  its  way  and 
put  money  into  his  pocket.  His  was  the  method 
of 'procedure  which,  ignoring  all  minor  consider- 
ations, demanded  a  good  animal. 

The  twenty  females  with  which  T.  A.  Ballan- 
tyne began  in  1917  were  the  more  desirable  of  the 
young  animals  in  this  herd.  Most  of  them 
were  by  Choice  Orange  descended  through  a  line 
of  bulls  coming  from  good  herds  and  having  had 
the  best  of  care.  They  represent  on  the  side  of 
both  sire  and  dam  the  work  of  the  real  breeder. 
Mention  is  made  of  a  few  to  give  an  idea  of  the 
blood  lines.  Fancy  2d  is  by  Choice  Orange  bred 
by  E.  L.  Stunkel.  The  sire  of  Choice  Orange  was 


332  A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

the  Bellows  bred  Star  Goods,  own  brother  to  the 
champion,  Diamond  Goods.  His  dam  was  by 
Victor  Orange,  referred  to  in  these  sketches,  a 
sire  of  outstanding  merit.  The  dam  of  Fancy 
2d  is  by  Wooddale  Chieftain,  one  of  the  best  sons 
of  Mr.  Gentry's  Choice  of  All.  Her  second  dam 
was  by  Marshall  Abbotsburn  3d,  one  of  the  most 
highly  prized  bulls  used  in  the  herd.  Another 
Choice  Orange  cow  is  Golden  Lady  4th  out  of  a 
cow  by  Director,  a  son  of  Gallant  Knight  out  of  a 
Godwin  cow.  Her  second  dam  was  by  Marshall 
Abbotsburn  3d.  A  third  daughter  of  Choice  Or- 
ange is  Miss  Emma  5th  out  of  Miss  Emma  2d  by 
the  International  grand  champion,  Master  of  the 
Grove.  Miss  Emma  2d  was  one  of  the  few  addi- 
tions the  elder  Mr.  Ballantyne  made  to  the  herd. 
It  was  a  two-year-old  heifer  from  this  herd,  by 
Wooddale  Chieftain  out  of  a  Pride  of  Collynie 
dam,  that  stood  first  in  class  at  'the  big  Central 
Show  at  Kansas  City  in  1918.  Pride  of  Collynie 
was  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  dam  by  Royal 
Knight  and  he  was  one  of  the  best  bulls  used. 

The  student  of  Shorthorns  will  recognize  in 
this  outline  a  herd  of  cows  with  ancestry  of  the 
most  desirable  kind.  The  herd  bull  is  a  worthy 
animal.  Roan  Model  528012  as  I  saw  him  in 
1919  was  one  of  the  best,  big  bulls  I  had  seen.  He 
weighed  more  than  2100  pounds  at  thirty-six 
months  and  he  had  splendid  finish  and  quality. 
In  pasture  condition  he  would  have  made  quite  a 


A   HISTORY   OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  333 

good  show.  He  comes  from  G.  A.  -Betteridge  and 
is  of  the  regulation  excellent  breeding  of  that 
herd. 

Few  young  men  breeding  Shorthorns  in  Kan- 
sas have  begun  business  under  more  favorable 
conditions  than  Mr.  Ballantyne  who  grew  up 
with  cattle  and  can  not  remember  the  time  he  was 
not  identi  led  with  the  work  of  a  superior  Short- 
horn herd. 

E.  P.  Flanagan,  Chapman. — Mr.  Flanagan  be- 
longs in  the  class  of  breeders  that  should  be  more 
generally  known.  He  has  evidently  been  keep- 
ing quiet  about  his  cattle  but  the  quality  of  those 
I  have  seen  from  his  herd  would  justify  more 
publicity.  He  made  a  nice  little  exhibit  at  Wich- 
ita in  1920  ard  his  herd  bull,  Sultan's  Pride, 
stood  third  in  aged  class,  which  is  quite  a  compli- 
ment to  any  new  exhibitor. 

Audrey's  Princess  is  one  of  Mr.  Flanagan's 
best  cows.  Her  sire  is  by  Choice  Goods  Model, 
one  of  the  well  known  bulls  of  his  day,  a  son  of 
Choice  Goods  and  Rosedale  Violet  9th,  the 
greatest  breeding  cow  in  the  Tebo  Lawn  herd. 
Rosedale  Violet  9th  was  dam  of  The  Choice  of 
All,  Rosedale 's  Choice  and  Runaway  Girl,  the 
dam  of  Bellows  Bros.'  Best  of  Goods.  Another 
cow  by  the  same  sire  is  Janet's  Princess.  Her 
dam  is  by  the  Dryden  bred  Golden  Prince  by 
Prince  Gloster,  sire  of  the  $10000  Prince  Im- 
perial and  her  second  dam  was  a  daughter  of 


334 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


Golden  Knight  and  comes  from  the  Harris  herd. 

The  herd  consists  of  about  sixty  females  with 

two  bulls  in  service,  Sultan's  Pride,  mentioned 

above,  and  Linwood  Topsman,    Sultan's  Pride 


MHf 


SULTAN'S   PRIDE 


is  strong  in  the  blood  and  characteristics  of 
Whitehall  Sultan.  He  is  an  unusually  even, 
well  developed  bull  from  end  to  end  and  stands 
close  to  the  ground.  As  a  sire  he  is  giving  such 
satisfaction  that  Mr.  Flanagan  expects  to  use 
him  for  at  least  two  more  years  in  order  to  get 
more  cows  by  him.  Linwood  Topsman  was  bred 
by  Forbes  &  Son  of  Henry,  Illinois.  He  has 
plenty  of  size  and  is  very  true  in  his  lines  and 
smoothly  covered.  His  sire  is  Selection's  Gold 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  335 

551519  by  Selection,  grand  champion  at  the  In- 
ternational in  1909.  His  dam  is  by  Scottish  Con- 
sul 181231,  son  of  imp.  Consul  and  imp.  Violet 
3d,  second  dam  by  imp.  Golden  Fame  out  of  imp. 
Scottish  Ringlet.  Mr.  Flanagan  seems  to  be  a 
good  care-taker  and  there  is  nothing  in  sight  to 
interfere  with  success. 

J.  H.  Taylor  &  Sons,  Chapman.*— Mr.  Taylor 
began  the  Shorthorn  business  when  he  bought 
four  cows  and  a  bull  of  A.  H.  Lackey  &  Son  in 
1885.  Two  years  ago  he  purchased  nine  desir- 
able heifers.  One  of  his  best  cows  is  Ruth  3d  by 
Marengo's  Pearl  391962  by  Marengo's  Choice, 
the  splendid  son  of  Rosedale's  Choice  and  imp. 
Marengo's  Lavender  Countess.  Another  one 
by  Marengo's  Pearl  is  Goldie  533001.  Her 
dam  is  by  Silvery  Knight  by  Gallan't  Knight  out 
of  a  cow  by  Strathallan  Chief. 

The  herd  has  had  the  benefit  of  the  use  of 
good  bulls.  Students  of  Shorthorn  history  will 
recall  Baron  Lavender  2d  as  one  of  the  most 
wonderful  bulls  ever  produced  in  America,  and 
Emma  5th  as  the  famous  twin  with  Emma  4th  in 
the  Potts  show  herd.  Lord  Lovell,  a  calf  from 
these  two  celebrities,  was  one  of  the  Taylor 
herd  bulls.  Golden  Knight,  the  famous  old  sire 
used  by  Col.  Harris,  was  one  of  the  earlier  bulls 
purchased  by  the  Taylors.  Marshal  Goods  by 

Telephone  and  railroad  station,  Pearl.     Ship  on  Kock  Island  or 
Union  Pacific. 


336  A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Star  Goods  and  out  of  the  outstanding  cow,  Miss 
Belle,  was  another.  Baron  Butterfly  2d  from 
the  herd  of  H.  I.  Gaddis,  is  now  in  service. 
His  sire,  Snowstorm,  is  by  Snowflake,  sire  of 
Ringmaster,  the  only  bull  ever  awarded  three  In- 
ternational grand  championships.  His  dam  is  by 
Scottish  Viceroy  by  Lavender  Viceroy,  the  best 
known  son  of  the  International  grand  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount. 

William  Woodson,  Chapman. — Mr.  Woodson 
is  a  Shorthorn  beginner.  He  has  four  females  all 
nicely  bred.  Birdie  Gloster  3d  is  by  Baron's 
Pride,  one  of  R.  E.  Owen's  Queen  of  Beauty 
bulls.  Her  dam  is  by  The  Cherub  by  imp.  Prince 
Oderick.  Sultan's  Pride  Jr.  heads  the  herd.  The 
young  stock  is  being  well  cared  for,  and  it  is  the 
intention  to  keep  the  heifers.  Mr.  Woodson  has 
two  sons,  Wilfred  L.  and  Edgar  W.  who  are 
growing  into  Shorthorn  men. 

DONIPHAN  COUNTY 
T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son,  Troy  and  Hiawatha.— No 

herd  in  northeast  Kansas  is  better  known  than 
that  of  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son.  It  has  been  shown  at 
the  state  fairs  of  this  section,  winning  its  share 
of  honors,  and  liberal  expenditures  have  been 
made  for  breeding  stock  from  some  of  the  best 
sources  in  the  country.  The  herd  is  being  kept 
in  excellent  condition  and  visitors  always  find 
the  cattle  looking  well.  The  elder  Mr.  Dawe 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  337 

began  breeding  forty  years  ago  but  not  until  1910 
did  the  firm  buy  really  high-class  stock.  In  1911 
the  Dawes  began  showing,  exhibiting  at  both 
Kansas  state  fairs  and  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 
In  the  space  allotted  I  can  not  tell  of  all  the 
good  cows.  The  three-year-old  Last  Rose  comes 
from  II.  H.  Kupper.  She  is  by  imp.  Scottish 
Sentinel  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Strowan  Star, 
second  dam  by  Baron  Kear  2d.  An  outstanding 
cow  is  the  roan,  Maxwalton  Lavender  2d  by 
Avondale  and  out  of  imp.  Lavender  Bloom  by 
Silver  Plate,  second  dam  by  Roan  Robin.  This 
cow  is  a  full  sister  to  the  famous  Carpenter  & 
Ross  sire,  Maxwalton  Renown.  In  the  herd  is  a 
daughter  of  Maxwalton  Lavender  2d  by  Max- 
walton Revolution,  that  is  very  promising  and 
representing,  as  she  does,  an  extreme  concentra- 
tion of  Avondale  blood,  she  may  prove  exception- 
ally valuable.  Villager's  Baron  4th  by  imp.  Vil- 
lager out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Evening  Baron- 
ess, carries  near  the  top  the  blood  of  imp.  Cup- 
bearer, America 's  champion  bull.  Wayside  Lav- 
ender is  by  Maxwalton  Revolution  out  of  a  dam 
by  Avondale.  A  typical  Ruberta's  Goods  heifer 
of  the  best  type  is  the  four-year-old  Nonpareil  E. 
that  proved  herself  a  fine  breeder.  Miss  Rams- 
den  6th  by  Baron  Pride  275479  is  not  only  a  good 
cow  but  she  raised  and  suckled  a  calf  good 
enough  to  be  well  in  the  money  at  the  Missouri 
State  Fair  in  1919.  This  calf  was  sold  to  M.  R. 


338  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Peterson,  Mr.  Dawe's  neighbor.  Sobriety  8th 
by  imp.  Strowan  Star  out  of  imp.  Sobriety  2d  is 
the  dam  of  two  heifers  that  were  in  the  1919 
show  herd  and  were  winners.  She  has  pro- 
duced and  raised  five  calves  within  considerably 
less  than  five  years.  Autumn  Queen  Star  is  an 
elegant  four-year-old.  She  is  by  imp.  Scottish 
Sentinel  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Strowan  Star. 
Her  calf,  an  excellent  prospect,  was  in  the  show 
herd  in  1919.  The  old  herd  bull,  sire  of  much  of 
the  good  young  stock  on  the  farm  and  winner  of 
many  prizes,  died  recently.  He  was  Diamond 
Emblem,  a  son  of  Diamond  Goods  and  the  noted 
breeding  cow  Emily  by  imp.  Collynie.  He  was 
the  highest  priced  bull  in  the  Bellows  sale  of  his 
year  and  was  one  of  the  smoothest  aged  sires  on 
the  show  circuit.  The  herd  bull  of  the  future  is 
the  white  two-year-old,  Rosewood  Pride,  bred  by 
Carpenter  &  Carpenter.  Asked  for  a  description 
of  this  bull  Mr.  Dawe  said  "He  is  the  right 
kind." 

A.  A.  Hoverson,  Moray. — Mr.  Hoverson  has 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  fourteen  years  and 
he  now  has  a  large  herd  of  good  cows.  His  orig- 
inal purchases  and  a  few  subsequent  ones  were 
made  from  such  herds  as  that  of  T.  J.  Sands, 
Robinson,  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son,  Troy,  D.  P.  Ricke- 
baugh,  Sheridan,  Missouri,  E.  C.  Holland  of 
Iowa  and  E.  D.  Ludwig  of  Sabetha.  They  were 
by  bulls  such  as  Morning  Star;  Topsman  by 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  339 

Red  Cup,  son  of  imp.  Cupbearer,  the  grand 
champion  of  America  for  several  years;  imp. 
Master  of  the  Mint  and  others  of  the  same  class. 

Among  the  bulls  used  was  Bashful  Conqueror 
2d,  bred  by  T.  J.  Wornall  &  Son.  His  sire  was 
imp.  Conqueror  and  his  dam,  Bashful  5th  by 
Prince  President  2d,  second  dam  Bashful  4th 
by  Knight  of  the  Thistle  out  of  imp.  Bashful  2d. 
Baron  Blythesome,  another  herd  bull  was  by  a 
son  of  imp.  Blythesome  27th.  His  dam  was  a  Mc- 
Dermott  bred  cow  by  Senator,  a  son  of  imp. 
Fashion's  Favorite  and  imp.  Augusta  Bruce,  sec- 
ond dam  by  imp.  Craibstone.  This  bull  was  used 
for  six  years,  proving  an  exceptional  breeder 
and  a  great  factor  in  building  up  the  herd.  The 
two  bulls  now  in  service  are  Silver  Star  and 
Barmpton  Butterfly.  Silver  Star  bred  by  H.  S. 
&  W.  B.  Duncan  was  by  Cumberland  Again  370- 
944  out  of  Sunlight  10th  by  Banker's  Victor,  the 
well  known  Norton  sire.  This  is  a  big  fellow  and 
Mr.  Hoverson  is  well  pleased  with  him.  The  oth- 
er, Barmpton  Butterfly,  is  by  a  son  of  Missie's 
Sultan  out  of  a  dam  by  Hampton's  Best.  His 
dam  is  by  Acanthus  King  by  Godwin.  He  is  a 
big,  heavy,  smooth  bull  and  very  satisfactory  in 
service. 

Mr.  Hoverson  has  a  definite  object  in  view  and 
is  working  consistently  toward  that  end,  his  ob- 
ject being  to  produce  with  regularity  a  class  of 
good,  useful  cattle  of  medium  size  and  good 


340  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

feeding  quality  which  will  enable  them  to  do  well 
on  ordinary  farm  feeds.  He  avoids  any  extremes 
such  as  pushing  or  starvation  and  finds  his  busi- 
ness profitable.  The  cows,  as  I  saw  them,  indi- 
cated the  degree  of  development  as  outlined  by 
Mr.  Hoverson  and  they  have  every  appearance 
of  practical  utility. 

M.  R.  Peterson,  Troy. — Mr.  Peterson  has  been 
in  the  business  only  two  years  but  he  has  a  nice 
herd  of  females  of  splendid  conformation  and 
good  blood  lines,  some  of  which  would  satisfy 
any  one.  Countess  Gloster  6th  comes  from  S.  B. 
Amcoats.  She  is  by  Secret's  Sultan,  a  son  of 
Bellows  Bros.'  Missie's  Sultan  out  of  a  dam  by 
Lord  Marr,  a  son  of  Lord  Mayor  and  imp. 
Marigold  50th,  second  dam  by  imp.  Prince  Oder- 
ick.  Countess  Gloster  6th  is  a  splendid  breeder. 
Another  daughter  of  Secret's  Sultan  is  Secret  of 
Cedar  Lawn  by  Baron  Violet  by  Victor  Bashful, 
a  son  of  the  noted  cow,  Sweet  Violet  2d.  This  cow 
is  the  dam  of  two  fine  heifers,  one  a  last  Septem- 
ber's calf  that  could  show  in  strong  class. 
Hampton's  Emblem  by  Diamond  Emblem,  dam 
by  Hampton's  First,  a  son  of  Hampton's  Best 
is  a  typical  Diamond  Emblem  heifer.  She  is 
big,  thick  and  smooth  and  has  a  splendid  calf 
at  foot.  The  dam  of  this  heifer  is  one  of  the 
extra  good  ones.  She  has  a  bull  calf  that  is  hard 
to  beat,  that,  lightly  fitted  for  show,  was  a  winner 
at  the  big  Free  Fair  at  Topeka  in  1919.  Besides 


A   HISTORY    OP   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  341 

the  cows  mentioned  above,  there  are  other  good 
ones.  Three  of  them  are  by  Goods,  a  Gigstad 
bred  son  of  Golden  Lancaster,  out  of  a  dam  by 
Good  Choice.  Thomas,  Jameison  &  Mitchell's 
great  bull,  White  Goods,  comes  in  through  a  cow 
sired  by  one  of  his  sons,  Roan  Goods,  while 
Searchlight  is  represented  in  Redbud  Lady. 

Orange  Count  716175,  the  sire  of  excellent 
calves,  has  been  used,  combining  Barmpton 
Knight  and  Lord  Marr.  A  new  herd  bull  has 
been  secured  from  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son,  the  ex- 
cellent roan  calf  in  their  present  show  herd, 
a  winner  at  the  Missouri  State  Fair.  He  is  a 
big-bodied,-good-quartered,  thick-fleshed,  smooth 
fellow  and  is  a  splendid  prospect  for  a  breeding 
bull.  His  sire  is  Diamond  Emblem  and  his  dam 
is  Miss  Ramsden  6th  by  Baron's  Pride  275479, 
second  dam  by  imp.  Red  Velvet  out  of  imp. 
Marietta. 

J.  F.  Libel  &  Son,  Leona. — This  is  a  compar- 
atively new  firm  working  on  a  small  scale  but 
with  a  splendid  start  for  a  choice  herd.  At  D.  E. 
Reber's  sale  they  bought  the  cow,  Edna,  by 
Scotchman  by  Royal  Pride  149651,  a  son  of  imp. 
Helen  20th  and  several  of  her  descendants  are  in 
the  herd.  There  are  a  few  heifers  by  Vain  Val- 
entine, a  son  of  Bap  ton  Valentine  out  of  Park 
Violet  5th  and  out  of  dams  by  imp.  Conqueror.  A 
cow  that  is  making  good  is  Marvel  by  The  Con- 
queror out  of  Lavender  Rose  (vol.  51).  by  the 


342  A   HISTORY   OP   SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS 

J.  G.  Bobbins  &  Son  bull,  Golden  Dutchman. 

One  of  the  bulls  used  was  Magnet  Searchlight 
by  Searchlight  out  of  a  cow  by  Prince  Pavonia, 
the  two  bulls  that  established  C.  S.  Nevius  as  a 
breeder.  The  second  dam  of  Magnet  Searchlight 
came  through  imp.  Golden  Gem  2d  and  Lord 
Lovel.  The  present  herd  bull  is  an  excellent  one, 
New  Year's  Emblem,  bred  by  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son, 
by  Diamond  Emblem,  their  show  bull  by  Dia- 
mond Goods  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Collynie.  New 
Year's  Emblem's  dam  is  Sobriety  8th  by  imp. 
Strowan  Star  out  of  imp.  Sobriety  2d.  (See 
Dawe  sketch.)  This  bull  is  not  only  a  good  in- 
dividual but  it  will  be  noted  he  is  of  great  an- 
cestry and  he  is  proving  a  fine  breeder. 

The  Libel  herd,  as  a  whole,  impressed  me 
very  favorably,  not  only  as  consisting  of  a  lot  of 
valuable  cattle,  but  also  because  surrounding 
conditions  indicated  almost  certain  success. 

E.  A.  Myers,  Troy. — Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Myers 
know  good  Shorthorns  and  a  visit  with  them  con- 
vinced me  that  they  understood  how  to  handle 
their  cattle.  Mrs.  Myers  is  a  daughter  of  T.  J. 
Dawe  and  is  as  much  interested  in  Shorthorns  as 
any  other  member  of  the  Dawe  family.  The 
start  was  made  two  years  ago  by  the  purchase  of 
five  desirable  COWE  from  the  Dawe  herd  and  they 
now  have  fifteen  females.  Autumn  Queen  Rose 
is  by  imp.  Strowan  Star  out  of  Autumn  Queen 
by  Baron  Kear  2d  and  comes  from  H.  H. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN   KANSAS  343 

Kupper.  Lily  2d  is  by  Dale  Clarion,  now  win- 
ning fame  as  a  sire  of  show  stock.  Fair  Mysie 
is  by  Pair  Knight  2d  by  Choice  Knight.  Sobri- 
ety Bess  is  by  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel  out  of  So- 
briety 8th  and  Mysie  Treasure  is  by  Master 
Mysie  Sultan. 

The  reader  is  asked  to  consider  this  sketch  in 
connection  with  the  T.  J.  Dawe  &  Son  sketch  and 
thus  see  clearly  the  excellent  blood  lines  these 
cows  represent.  The  cows  bought  had  calves  at 
foot  by  the  Dawe  show  bull,  Diamond  Emblem. 
As  he  was  used  as  long  as  he  lived,  practically  all 
the  young  stock  is  sired  by  him.  The  Myers  herd, 
as  I  saw  it,  was  altogether  excellent  and  all  con- 
ditions favoring  judicious  development  were  be- 
ing well  met.  Rosewood  Pride,  the  present  Dawe 
herd  bull,  regarded  as  an  outstanding  animal,  is 
being  used  and  should  maintain  high  quality  in 
the  Myers  herd. 

DOUGLAS  COUNTY 

Willis  R.  Colman,  Lawrence. — At  Mr.  Col- 
man's  I  found  a  number  of  excellent  females  and 
a  very  superior  bull,  for  Mr.  Colman  is  an  ex- 
ample of  the  rare  ir  dividual  who  received  far 
more  in  a  purchase  than  he  knew,  or  expected  to 
receive.  He  had  a  few  good  Shorthorns  and,  be- 
ing in  need  of  a  new  bull,  he  bought  of  G.  F. 
Brown  who  was  selling  his  cattle,  the  herd  bull, 
Marquis  Cumberland  388134,  and  a  red  cow, 


344  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Cambay  66241,  the  latter  bred  to  the  bull  men- 
tioned, from  which  service  he  has  an  excellent 
heifer.  The  purchase  of  these  animals  was  made 
at  a  very  moderate  price  and,  added  to  the  al- 
ready good  start,  it  has  put  Mr.  Colman  in  line 
for  a  real  Shorthorn  herd,  conditioned  on  proper 
care  and  feeding.  The  cows  and  heifers  are  of 
good  size  and  are  attractive  in  form  with 
fleshing  quality.  Apparently  they  are  heavy 
milkers.  They  represent  in  the  top  crosses  such 
sires  as  Silk  Goods,  the  son  of  Choice  Goods,  and 
the  Norton  bred  Falsetto,  both  of  which  proved 
excellent  sires  in  Alex  Eraser's  herd ;  Sempstress 
Valentine;,  Prince  Royal,  T.  H.  Mastin's  well 
known  son  of  imp.  Princess  Alice  and  imp. 
Craven  Knight. 

It  was  in  the  purchase  of  Marquis  Cumberland 
that  Mr.  Colman  was  fortunate.  This  bull  is  of 
medium  size,  six  years  old,  very  smooth  and  well 
covered.  He  impressed  me  as  being  a  little  light 
in  the  hind  quarter  and  in  the  flank  but  he  is 
every  inch  a  bull  and  his  calves  up  to  three  years 
old  which  I  saw,  indicate  that  he  is  an  exceptional 
breeder.  Marquis  Cumberland  was  bred  by  C. 
A.  Saunders  and  was  in  Mr.  Saunder's  1913  show 
herd  as  junior  calf,  winning  first  at  Des  Moines 
and  at  the  South  Dakota  State  Fair  and  he  was  a 
good  winner  at  the  American  Eoyal,  the  National 
Shorthorn  Show  and  the  Minnesota  State  Fair. 
He  is  by  Cumberland's  Best  and  his  dam  is 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  345 

Anoka  Mildred  bred  by  P.  W.  Harding,  she  by 
Anoka  Sultan,  second  dam  imp.  Pine  Grove  Mil- 
dred llth. 

Asher  &  Allison,  Lawrence. — Mr.  Asher  is 
with  the  Watkins  bank  and  Mr.  Allison  is  on  the 
farm.  They  own  a  herd  of  cows,  a  number  of 
them  bred  along  fashionable  lines,  and  all  are  of 
acceptable  breeding  as  indicated  by  a  wealth  of 
ancestry.  The  herd  includes  two  highly  prized 
reds  purchased  from  Tomson  Bros.,  one  by  the 
great.  Stunkel  bull,  Victor  Orange,  and  her 
daughter  by  Nonpareil  Victor  2d,  a  full  brother 
to  the  bull  sold  by  Tomsons  for  $2000  to  go  to 
California.  The  herd  is  representative  of  such 
bulls  as  Victor  Orange,  Star  Goods,  White 
Goods,  Orange  Viscount,  Baron  Marr,  Gallant 
Knight,  Archer,  Barmpton  Knight,  Village  Mar- 
shal, Avondale,  Whitehall  Sultan  and  others  of 
merit  that  might  be  mentioned. 

The  bull  at  the  head  of  the  herd  impressed  me 
favorably.  He  is  a  two-year-old  white  by  Max- 
walton  Rosedale,  full  brother  to  Whitehall  Rose- 
dale,  grand  champion  at  the  American  Royal  and 
at  the  biggest  western  shows.  His  dam  is  by  imp. 
Crescent  Knight  and  the  second  dam  is  imp. 
Augusta  105th.  He  is  a  big,  deep-bodied  fellow 
with  much  natural  flesh  and  though  quite  thin, 
shows  smooth.  Those  who  demand  a  fancy  head 
and  neck  might  consider  these  points  a  little 
coarse  but  he  has  a  well-shaped  Shorthorn  bull 


346  A   HISTORY   OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

head  that  is  anything  but  delicate  and  with  400 
pounds  of  flesh,  which  he  could  easily  carry,  he 
would  be  called  a  good  bull  anywhere. 

Perkins  &  Alley,  Lawrence. — In  this  partner- 
ship we  have  a  commendable  case  of  co-operation 
between  the  man  who  owns  the  land  and  the  man 
who  does  the  farming.  Mr.  Perkins  is  a  banker 
in  Lawrence  who  owns  valuable  farm  lands  near 
the  city.  He  was  wisely  placed  live  stock  on  his 
land  and  J.  W.  Alley  is  his  partner.  The  Short- 
horns I  saw  on  my  visit  to  the  farm  left  no  doubt 
as  to  the  excellence  of  the  selections  or  as  to  the 
care  given  them. 

One  of  the  best  cows  I  have  seen  in  looking 
over  Kansas  herds  I  saw  here  in  June  1919.  She 
is  of  the  kind  that  never  gets  thin,  as  we  gener- 
ally understand  the  term,  for  she  is  naturally 
thick,  besides  she  is  large,  weighing  1650  pounds, 
feminine  in  appearance  and  a  heavy  milker.  Her 
yearling  heifer  is  very  similar  in  type  and  gener- 
al characteristics  and  the  calf  at  foot  was  an 
extra  good  one.  The  best  cows  are  being  bred  to 
Willis  Colman's  outstanding  bull,  Marquis  Cum- 
berlird,  a  C.  A.  Saunders  bred  son  of  Cumber- 
land's Best,  son  of  Cumberland's  Last  and  sire 
of  Cumberland's  Type.  This  story  is  dedicated 
to  bankers  of  Kansas  who  own  farms,  with  the 
hope  that  others  will  follow  the  example  of  Mr. 
Perkins. 

John  Black,  Wellsville. — Mr.  Black  is  one  of 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  347 

the  state's  old  breeders  who  closed  out  in  1919 
but  likes  Shorthorns  so  well  he  can  not  do  with- 
out them.  The  small,  but  choice,  herd  recently 
acquired  consists  of  two  heifers  coming  from 
Tomson  Bros. ;  two  bought  at  the  1920  Central 
Sale,  one  of  which  is  among  the  best  young  cows 
I  have  seen  lately  and  the  fifteen-month-old 
grand  champion  heifer  sold  at  the  Southeast 
Kansas  Show  and  Sale  April  1920  for  $800. 
Park  E.  Salter  furnished  the  bull.  He  is  by 
Rosewood  Dale  out  of  a  dam  by  Sultan  Victor, 
the  well  known  George  Allen  bred  son  of  Victor 
Sultan.  Mr.  Black  has  grandsons  who  plan  to 
succeed  him  in  the  Shorthorn  business. 

EDWARDS  COUNTY 

J.  P.  Ray  &  Sons,  Lewis. — I  have  seen  an  ex- 
cellent young  bull  from  the  Ray  herd  and  as  I 
write  I  have  before  me  a  photograph  of  three 
calves  from  eight  to  thirteen  months  old  that 
settles  the  question  of  size  and  quality.  Mr. 
Ray  bought  two  cows  in  1903  and  two  more  in 
1904.  Nothing  has  been  purchased  since  except 
herd  bulls,  yet  he  has  sold  a  lot  of  stock  and  is 
now  holding  annual  bull  sales  from  his  herd  of 
about  100  head.  This  is  my  idea  of  a  safe  and 
sure  business.  No  young  or  middle-aged  man, 
who  does  as  Mr.  Ray  has  done,  need  worry  about 
the  wolf  at  the  door  in  old  age. 

One  of  the  early  bulls  was  Buccaneer  by  imp. 


348  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Collynie  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Mariner.  This 
bull  was  used  extensively  and  those  who  know 
his  ancestry  need  not  be  told  more.  He  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  son  of  Forest  Knight,  a  son  of  Gal- 


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THE  KIND  PRODUCED  IN  THE  BAY  HEED 

lant  Knight,  and  the  Cowan  bred  Lily  Forest  8th 
by  Norfolk,  second  dam  by  imp.  Scottish  Lord. 
Mabel's  Goods  442060  by  Henry  StunkePs  Star 
Goods,  own  brother  to  the  champion,  Diamond 
Goods  and  out  of  a  cow  by  Victor  Orange,  was 
one  of  the  next  bulls  in  service.  The  two  bulls 
now  being  used  are  Victorious  by  Nonpareil  Vic- 
tor, own  brother  to  the  Stunkel  bred  son  of  Vic- 
tor Orange  sold  to  Tomson  Bros,  and  sold  by 
them  for  $2000  to  go  to  the  Pacific  coast,  and 
Cumberland  Hero  668018.  Cumberland  Hero  is 
by  E.  L.  StunkePs  Cumberland  Diamond  and  his 
dam  is  by  Victor  Orange  which  gives  him,  right 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  349 

at  the  top  of  the  pedigree,  two  exceptionally 
good  bulls. 

ELK  COUNTY 

M.  W.  Bower,  Grenola. — Mr.  Bower  bought  a 
few  desirable  cows  two  years  ago  and  he  is  taking 
good  care  of  them.  Rebecca  7th  is  by  Lord  Nov- 
ette,  an  excellent  bull  owned  by  H.  G.  Brookover 
and  out  of  Rebecca  by  Rosewood.  She  has  a 
wealth  of  good  ancestry.  Lord  Novette  was  by 
imp.  Collynie,  dam  by  Lord  Mayor,  both  among 
the  state's  greatest  bulls  of  all  times.  Rosewood 
was  by  imp.  Inglewood  that  until  recently  held 
the  record  of  the  top  bull  sold  at  the  American 
Royal  sale  and  out  of  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish 
Archer,  Mr.  Duthie's  greatest  bull.  There  are  a 
few  other  cows  of  very  similar  breeding,  in  fact 
all  the  cows  in  the  herd  are  of  these  elegant  blood 
lines.  A  roan  bull  of  choice  ancestry  is  used. 
A  valuable  object  lesson  to  be  found  in  Mr. 
Bower's  methods  is  that  in  starting  a  herd  the 
cows  selected  should  be  closely  descended  from 
well  known  sources  of  excellence  as  his  were. 

Geo.  L.  Dickie,  Grenola.— Mr.  Dickie  bought 
a  cow  in  northwest  Missouri  some  years  ago  and 
he  now  has  five  females.  He  sells  his  bulls.  Mr. 
Dickie  is  in  business  in  Grenola  and  has  no 
farm  but  hires  his  cattle  kept.  He  owns  them  for 
pleasure  and  he  says  they  are  making  money  be- 
sides. They  are  nicely  bred,  representing  in 


350  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN  -KANSAS 

ancestry  such  herds  as  that  of  J.  P.  Finley  of 
Missouri  and  such  top  crosses  as  are  represented 
by  Chief  Violet  4th,  Lord  Lovel,  Collynie  and 
Hampton  Spray.  The  bull  now  being  used  is 
Scottish  Lad  by  Silvermine  out  of  a  dam  by  Cap- 
tain Archer.  If  Mr.  Dickie  can  make  Short- 
horns pay  while  he  hires  everything,  why  should 
not  the  man  with  his  own  feed  and  labor  make 
the  business  profitable  ? 

W.  W.  Gragg  &  Sons,  Severy.— Two  of  the 
bulls  used  in  this  herd  were  Hardy  Knight  and 
Masterstroke.  Hardy  Knight  was  by  Gallant 
Knight  out  of  a  dam  by  Lord  Mayor,  second  dam 
by  imp.  Thistletop.  Masterstroke  was  by  imp. 
Collynie.  His  dam  was  by  Admiral  Godoy,  sec- 
ond dam  by  Duke  of  Oakland  2d.  Admiral  Godoy 
was  by  Godoy  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Barbarossa. 
The  union  of  Scotch  bulls  on  American  bred  cows 
strong  in  Bates  blood  has  been  one  of  the  best 
crosses  known  in  Shorthorn  history.  The  few 
cows  I  saw  at  Mr.  Gragg 's  were  good  and  such  as 
one  would  expect  from  this  line  of  breeding.  The 
present  bull  is  Aeroplane,  a  rugged  fellow,  strong 
in  Collynie  blood. 

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ELLSWORTH  COUNTY 

Roy  Helmer,  Geneseo. — Mr.  Helmer  bought 

three  cows  from  H.  C.  Lookabaugh  that  are  by 

Rosebud's  Light,  a  son  of  Watonga  Searchlight 

out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Rosebud  2d.     Their 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  351 

dams  are  by  such  bulls  as  Violet's  Searchlight 
and  Owen  Kane's  Augustire  by  Villager.  A  few 
more  were  bought  locally.  Mr.  Helmer's  cows 
are  for  family  use  as  well  as  for  raising  good 
Shorthorns,  since  he  believes  it  more  profitable 
to  keep  pure  breds  for  this  purpose  than  to  keep 
scrubs  or  grades,  and  in  this  view  he  is  correct. 
His  bull  was  bred  by  Rousseau  Smith  &  Son  and 
is  out  of  one  of  their  best  cows.  (See  Smith 
sketch.)  He  is  large,  thick  and  smooth  and  from 
a  herd  in  which  the  cows  are  heavy  milkers. 

O.  E.  R.  Schulz,  Ellsworth.— Mr.  Schulz  has 
been  in  the  breeding  business  for  six  years.  He 
has  a  nicely  bred  herd  of  twenty  females  and  the 
good  bull,  Color  Bearer  by  Maxwalton  Rosedale, 
full  brother  to  the  champion,  Whitehall  Rose- 
dale.  Color  Bearer's  dam  is  by  Gallant  Knight 
and  out  of  imp.  Clara  59th.  There  are  some  valu- 
able cows  in  the  herd,  one  of  which  is  Model 
Milkmaid,  bred  by  W.  A.  Betteridge  by  the  well 
known  Orange  Model  out  of  a  dam  by  Victorious 
out  of  Rose  of  Autumn  21st.  This  is  exception- 
ally good  breeding  and  is  very  popular.  The  bull 
used  prior  to  the  purchase  of  Color  Bearer  was 
Abbotsf ord  Lad  by  Wooddale  Chieftain,  a  son  of 
The  Choice  of  All.  Mr.  Schulz  has  a  splendid 
local  demand  for  his  stock. 

FINNBY  COUNTY 
R.   J.   Ackley,   Garden   City. — Mr.   Ackley's 


352  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

large  herd  is  composed  of  some  -excellent  mater- 
ial. Among  other  good  cows  is  Pleasant  Jeal- 
ousy 2d  by  Watonga  Searchlight  out  of  a  dam 
by  imp.  Shenstone  Albino.  Harriet  Sunshine  is 
by  Secret  Aberdeen,  a  son  of  Aberdeen  by  imp. 
Collynie  and  out  of  the  splendid  cow,  Lilac 
Bloom.  The  bull,  Secret  Aberdeen  was  much 
used  in  the  herd.  Another  herd  bull  was  Fancy 
Velvet  by  Fancy  Lord,  coming  through  Tomson 
Bros,  from  R.  O.  Miller.  The  bull  now  in  use  is 
Avondale  Villager,  an  Owen  Kane  production 
by  Augustine.  His  dam  is  by  the  great  son  of 
Avondale,  Double  Dale.  A  herd  with  such  ances- 
try should  be  a  desirable  source  of  supply. 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY 
R.  H.  Lister,  Ottawa. — On  this  farm  condi- 
tions present  a  bright  outlook  for  the  future.  Mr. 
Lister  has  had  successful  experience  in  breeding 
and  feeding  cattle  and  appearances  indicate  that 
he  should  be  good  for  enough  lease  on  life  to  put 
up  a  herd  of  extraordinary  merit.  The  cattle 
are  almost  exclusively  high-class  females,  select- 
ed not  from  the  pedigree  standpoint  but  for  in- 
dividual worth  and  they  are  of  the  true  Short- 
horn money  making  type.  Mr.  Lister  has  paid 
little  or  no  attention  to  the  blood  lines,  though 
as  is  invariably  the  case,  when  the  right  kinds  of 
Shorthorns  are  selected,  they  are  from  the  right 
kinds  of  ancestry  for  "Figs  do  not  grow  on 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  353 

thistles"  any  more  than  they  did  2000  years  ago. 
An  inspection  of  three  crosses  in  the  pedigrees 
of  these  cattle,  selected  as  Mr.  Lister  says,  with- 
out regard  to  pedigree,  reveals  much  high-class 
material. 

Among  the  bulls  are  Searchlight,  sire  of  the 
$3500  cow  in  the  1919  Salter  sale ;  Prince  Pa- 
vonia,  the  noted  son  of  the  noted  cow  imp.  Glen- 
dale  Pavonia ;  Golden  Victor,  the  Baron  Victor 
show  and  breeding  bull ;  Golden  Day  out  of  imp. 
Mistletoe  and  sire  of  the  dams  of  International 
prize  winning  steers ;  Lavender  Viscount,  Inter- 
national grand  champion  and  famous  sire  at 
Ravenswood;  Lord  Mayor,  one  of  America's 
greatest  bulls  that  lived  fifteen  years  in  Kansas ; 
Choice  Goods,  America's  champion  show  bull 
and  leading  sire  of  his  day ;  imp.  Hospodar  sold 
to  go  to  South  America;  the  splendid  Bellows 
bred  Valley  Champion;  Barmpton  Knight,  sire 
of  prize  winners  and  breeding  cows  in  great  num- 
bers ;  Matchless  Dale,  the  noted  bull  at  the  Kan- 
sas State  Agricultural  College  and  sire  of  dozens 
of  America's  champion  steers  and  Cumberland 
Type,  the  undefeated  and  sensational  bull  bred 
and  developed  by  C.  A.  Saunders. 

Mr.  Lister's  herd  was  founded  in  1916  and  the 
first  bull  used  was  the  Nevius  bred  Searchlight 
Bloom,  a  son  of  Searchlight  out  of  a  dam  by 
Golden  Day,  (see  previous  mention)  a  sire  of 
great  breeding  cows  in  the  T.  P.  Babst  herd. 


354  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

The  bull  now  in  service  was  bred  by  H.  H. 
Holmes.  He  is  a  roan  son  of  Prince  Valentine 
4th,  a  successful  show  and  breeding  bull  used  by 
C.  S.  Nevius,  Tomson  Bros.,  H.  H.  Holmes  and 
A.  L.  Harris.  His  dam  is  by  Captain  Archer, 
noted  sire  of  show  stuff  in  J.  F.  Stodder's  herd. 
The  calves  sired  by  this  bull  have  size,  depth  and 
thickness  with  nice  finish  and  if  they  mature  as 
they  promise,  they  will  make  the  right  kind  of 
Shorthorns.  Mr.  Lister's  operations,  covering  a 
period  of  only  three  years,  show  that  if  a  man 
really  knows  good  cattle  and  will  give  them  the 
right  kind  of  care,  he  can  be  successful  from  the 
start  without  special  Shorthorn  knowledge. 

A.  L.  Johnston,  Ottawa. — Mr.  Johnston  is  pres- 
ident of  the  Eastern  Kansas  Shorthorn  Breeders 
Association  and  of  the  Duroc- Jersey  Association 
of  the  Ottawa  territory.  He  is  nicely  located 
near  town  and  has  a  number  of  high-class  Short- 
horns and  his  herd  should  become  one  among  the 
best  in  the  state.  About  two  years  ago  the  first 
purchase  of  extra  good  stock  was  made  when  he 
secured  among  others  Rosewood  Cathay  by  the 
$6100  Missie's  Last,  and  this  cow  produced  in 
1919  an  elegant  roan  heifer  calf  by  imp.  Bapton 
Corporal.  Another  valuable  purchase  was  Em- 
blem's Butterfly  by  imp.  Proud  Emblem  Jr.  that 
now  has  a  calf  by  imp.  British  Emblem.  This 
cow  carries  right  at  the  top  of  her  pedigree  such 
sires  as  Fair  Knight  2d,  Choice  Goods  and  Mr. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  355 

Duthie's  noted  bulls,  Joy  of  Morning  and  Scott- 
ish Prince.  Pavonia  6th,  a  Tomson  bred  year- 
ling by  Village  Marshal  out  of  Glendale  Pavonia, 
a  daughter  of  imp.  Glendale  Pavonia,  should 
prove  especially  attractive  to  eastern  Kansas 
breeders  who  know  so  well  what  these  Short- 
horns have  done  for  breed  interests.  This  heifer 
is  safe  in  calf  to  imp.  Bapton  Mariner,  the  ex- 
cellent herd  bull  now  in  use. 

Bapton  Mariner  comes  from  England's  lead- 
ing herd,  that  of  J.  Deane  Willis  and  his  sire, 
Hoar  Frost,  is  one  of  tire  most  noted  bulls  ever 
used  by  Mr.  Willis.  He  is  generally  well  re- 
garded by  breeders  and  Mr.  Johnston  considers 
the  $2500  he  paid  for  him  an  excellent  invest- 
ment. 

Vail  &  Scott,  Pomona. — Two  years  ago  these 
men  came  from  Missouri  where  Mr.  Vail  had 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  quite  a  number  of 
years.  Their  herd  includes  about  twelve  fe- 
males of  good  size  and  quality  and  of  very  nice 
breeding,  some  of  them  meeting  the  demands  of 
sticklers  for  certain  Scotch  blood  lines.  Among 
the  well  known  bulls  found  in  the  top  crosses 
might  be  mentioned  Lavender  Viceroy  of  the  W. 
A.  Betteridge  herd;  imp.  Daydreams  Pride; 
Galahad,  sire  of  Gallant  Knight ;  Baron  Laven- 
der 2d,  possibly  the  outstanding  bull  of  Col. 
Harris'  production;  Silk  Goods,  the  son  of 
Choice  Goods  used  by  Alex  Fraser  and  later  by 


356  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

H.  E.  Huber  of  Meriden;  Choice  Goods,  grand 
champion  of  America ;  The  Conqueror,  Senator 
WornalPs  well  known  son  of  Choice  Goods  and 
other  good  ones.  The  herd  bull  is  a  nice  red,  bred 
by  Owens  Bros,  of  Iowa.  He  is  of  fair  size  and 
acceptable  Shorthorn  type,  quite  smooth,  and 
the  calves  I  saw  by  him  indicate  that  he  has  been 
a  satisfactory  sire.  He  is  by  the  Bellows  bred 
Sultan's  Goods  and  comes  from  the  Owens 
Queen  of  Beauty  line. 

Vail  &  Scott  are  in  a  natural  small  farm  stock 
country  and  conveniently  near  to  the  great  cattle 
section  of  the  state  so  that  their  business  is  both 
pleasant  and  profitable.  Building  up  a  herd 
from  a  start  like  theirs  should  be  easy. 

H.  F.  Cornell,  Ottawa— This  herd  was  founded 
in  1919  and  now  numbers  ten  females,  coming 
from  splendid  sources  of  supply  and  from  excel- 
lent ancestry.  Lady  Harmony  is  by  Baron  Marr, 
an  outstanding  son  of  Cumberland's  Last,  fa- 
mous in  F.  O.  Lowden's  and  C.  A.  Saunder's 
herds,  out  of  imp.  Lady  Marr.  Lady  Harmony's 
dam  came  from  T.  P.  Babst  and  was  by  Proud 
Orion  by  imp.  Daydreams  Pride,  second  dam  by 
Laird  of  Linwood,  almost  a  full  brother  to  Gal- 
lant Knight,  third  dam  by  Lord  Mayor.  The 
richness  of  these  blood  lines  should  satisfy  the 
most  critical.  Amy  came  from  Kelly  Bros.  Her 
sire,  Aberdeen,  was  by  Lord  Banff,  the  first 
Scotch  bull  to  sell  for  more  than  $5000  and  a 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  357 

show  bull  and  sire  of  unusual  merit.  Pine  Queen, 
a  nice  roan  is  by  Pine  Champion,  a  Purdy  Bros. 
production  by  Lord  Champion,  a  well  known 
Purdy  sire  out  of  the  famous  cow,  imp.  Lady 
Douglas,  dam  of  Cumberland's  Last.  The  dam 
of  Pine  Queen  was  by  Lord  Lovel,  one  of  the 
West's  famous  sires.  While  Mr.  Cornell  holds 
extensive  banking  interests  he  has  a  natural  in- 
clination toward  live  stock. 

R.  S.  Maag,  Pomona — This  is  a  herd  of  twenty 
females,  founded  in  1916.  The  cows  are  of 
medium  size  and,  like  the  majority  of  Short- 
horns in  this  section,  they  receive  good  farm  care. 
Desirable  blood  lines  and  ancestry  are  found  in 
this  herd.  Pride 's  Beauty  came  from  J.  A.  Lori- 
mer  and  her  sire  was  by  Baron  Marr,  the  ex- 
cellent son  of  Cumberland's  Last  and  imp.  Lady 
Marr.  Baron  Marr  was  also  the  sire  of  College 
Duchess,  dam  of  College  Duchess  2d,  sold  in  the 
State  Association  sale  in  1920  for  $3900.  Other 
Lorimer  bred  cows  are  Peggy  Princess  3d  by 
Prince  Pavonia  and  Fanny  2d,  a  five-year- 
old  roan  by  a  son  of  Baron  Marr.  The  herd 
bull  is  Lovely  Knight  by  a  son  of  Gallant 
Knight's  Heir  and  his  dam  is  Lovely  of  Park- 
dale  3d  by  Good  Choice.  Lovely  Knight  is  of 
very  popular  breeding. 

John  Miller,  Richmond. — Mr.  Miller  has  nine 
cows  representing,  like  most  Franklin  county 
cattle,  thoroughly  good  blood  lines.  He  is  well 


358  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

located  to  produce  stock,  having  limestone  pas- 
ture and  alfalfa  land  and  with  such  facilities  and 
a  previous  successful  experience  in  raising 
market  topping  grades,  he  should  have  no  diffi- 
culty in  building  up  a  good  pure  bred  herd.  The 
bull  in  use,  not  yet  two  years  old,  is  a  very  large 
one,  pleasing  in  general  appearance,  but  possibly 
a  little  lacking  in  depth  and  thickness  for  best 
results,  although  the  small  calves  by  him  looked 
quite  promising. 

T.  C.  Brown  &  Bro.,  Ottawa.— The  Browns, 
old  breeders  of  Franklin  county,  have  a  herd  of 
useful  cattle  of  very  nice  breeding.  They  have 
not  been  developing  to  the  point  required  for 
best  results  and  the  produce  has  been  sold  locally 
at  moderate  prices.  Like  many  others  who  have 
followed  this  plan,  the  Browns  think  of  putting 
more  into  their  Shorthorns  and  when  they  do, 
their  herd  will  become  a  strong  factor  in  local 
cattle  improvement. 

Floyd  Carter,  Rantoul. — Mr.  Carter  has  been 
breeding  grade  Shorthorns  ever  since  he  began 
raising  cattle.  Three  years  ago  he  bought  a  few 
cows  from  the  well  known  McEchron  herd  at 
Richmond  and  a  bull  from  Henry  Sobba  of  An- 
derson county  and  he  is  now  building  up  a  pure 
bred  herd.  He  is  favorably  located  where  Short- 
horns are  popular  and  he  should  succeed  for 
with  good  management  success  is  certain  in  such 
communities. 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  359 

GEARY  COUNTY 

George  J.  Caspar,  Alida.* — Five  years  ago 
Mr.  Caspar  bought  Ms  start  in  Shorthorns  from 
H.  H.  Holmes  and  he  acted  wisely  in  buying  good 
cows  from  good  ancestry.  Eiverside  Lady  is  by 
Clipper  Model  (see  Holmes  sketch)  and  out  of 
a  dam  by  Captain  Archer,  own  brother  to  Sweet 
Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  International  grand  cham- 
pion in  1919.  Lena  Lady  came  from  G.  H.  White 
and  is  by  Hampton's  Counsellor  by  Hampton's 
Best,  a  son  of  imp.  Merry  Hampton  and  a  sire 
of  outstanding  merit.  Her  dam  is  by  the  Duthie 
bred  imp.  Lavender  Champion.  Rose  Victorious 
is  by  Victorious,  famous  sire  in  N.  H.  Gentry's 
herd,  a  son  of  Lord  Mayor  out  of  a  dam  by  imp. 
Baron- Victor.  (See  Holmes  sketch.)  The  bull 
used  is  Silver  Stamp  by  Viscount  Stamp  2d  out 
of  Hallwood  Golden  Drop.  It  is  only  necessary 
to  state  that  this  bull  combines  the  blood  of  the 
best  Shorthorns  from  the  Ravenswood  herd  and 
from  Ed  Hall's  herd.  Such  a  selection  of  foun- 
dation stock  should,  with  the  good  feed  and  care 
being  given  the  cattle,  put  Mr.  Caspar  in  line 
with  the  best  breeders  of  his  section  or  any  other. 

GREENWOOD  COUNTY 

H.  G.  Brookover,  Eureka. — Mr.  Brookover 
has  the  oldest  herd  in  Greenwood  county,  the 


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360  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

foundation  having  been  laid  in  1900  by  purchase 
from  O.  L.  Thisler.  Later  two  cows,  Sunny  Maid 
3d  and  Happiness,  were  bought  from  Tomson 
Bros.  Sunny  Maid  3d  was  by  the  Barmpton 
Knight  bull  Lord  Marigold,  dam  by  imp.  Cres- 
cent Knight,  second  dam  imp.  Sunny  Blink  6th 
and  Happiness  was  by  Gallant  Knight,  dam  by 
Lord  Mayor,  second  dam  by  imp.  Thistletop. 

Mr.  Brookover  has  been  careful  in  his  selec- 
tion of  herd  bulls  and,  as  might  be  expected,  the 
herd  has  taken  on  a  uniformity  far  beyond  that 
of  most  herds.  The  care  and  feed  given  have 
been  such  as  to  mature  a  desirable  class  of  cattle, 
the  matured  cows  off  grass  that  have  been  sold 
weighing  about  1400  pounds.  Among  the  first 
bulls  used  in  building  up  this  herd  was  Green- 
wood, bred  by  V.  R.  Ellis  and  sired  by  Sir 
Charming  4th,  a  grandson  of  the  noted  cow, 
Sweet  Charity.  This  bull  was  followed  by  one  of 
the  best  ever  owned  on  the  farm,  a  bull  that 
would  have  been  a  credit  to  any  herd,  the  massive 
red  roan,  Rosewood,  bred  by  S.  C.  Hanna.  His 
sire  was  the  splendid  show  and  breeding  bull, 
imp.  Inglewood,  the  highest  priced  bull  sold  at 
an  Americal  Royal  sale  until  within  the  last  few 
years.  His  dam  was  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Mr. 
Duthie's  greatest  sire,  Scottish  Archer.  After  be- 
ing used  to  the  limit,  Rosewood  was  sold  to  H.  M. 
Hill  for  whom  he  sired  much  good  stock  includ- 
ing the  white  bull,  Silvermine,  J.  P.  Stodder's 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  361 

successor  to  Captain  Archer.  Then  came  Bap- 
ton  Lord  a  Forsythe  bred  grandson  of  imp. 
Bapton  Arrow,  one  of  the  great  bulls  of  the 
breed.  Another  Hanna  bred  bull  was  then  used, 
Lord  Novette  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  an  excellent 
cow  by  Lord  Mayor.  Next  was  Victory,  a  roan  by 
Hampton  Spray,  out  of  one  of  Mr.  Hanna 's  cows 
by  Count  Violet. 

Two  good  bulls  are  now  in  use.  One  is  by 
John  Regier's  Dale's  Emblem,  a  son  of  Double 
Dale.  His  dam  is  by  the  outstanding  show  and 
breeding  bull,  Nonpareil  Star.  He  is  siring  a 
nice  lot  of  cattle,  both  bulls  and  heifers  being  of 
splendid  form  and  quality.  The  other  is  Master 
Sultan,  a  Tomson  bred  son  of  Beaver  Creek  Sul- 
tan, for  which  $1000  was  paid  recently.  His  dam 
is  by  Barmpton  Knight  and,  while  hardly  more 
than  a  calf,  he  will  bear  very  close  inspection 
and  he  should  prove  a  highly  acceptable  herd 
bull. 

Mr.  Brookover  is  one  of  the  most  modest  of 
men  and  is  conservative  in  his  statements  almost 
to  a  fault.  This  is  especially  true  when  he  speaks 
of  his  own  cattle,  which  buyers  have  learned  are 
fully  as  good  as  they  have  been  represented.  In 
this  he  might  well,  serve  as  a  model  to  all  but 
especially  to  young  breeders,  who  seldom  realize 
the  value  of  a*  conservative  description. 

W.  H.  &  B.  Brookover,  Eureka. — These  young 
men  have  about  twenty  females  of  breeding  age 


362  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

which  represent  the  choicest  specimens  from  the 
herd  owned  by  their  father,  W.  J.  Brookover. 
Their  cattle  descend  from  two  cows,  Collynie 
Lass  and  Princess  Violet  3d.  Collynie  Lass  by 
the  2800  pound  Prince  of  Collynie,  dam  by  Gold- 
en  Lad,  a  son  of  Mr.  Dustin's  Golden  Eule  and 
imp.  Germanica  2d,  represents  a  line  of  breeding 
that  from  the  standpoint  of  excellent  ancestry 
and  desirable  blood  lines  could  hardly  be  im- 
proved. The  other  cow,  Princess  Violet  3d,  was 
bred  by  C.  S.  Nevius  and  sired  by  Prince 
Pavonia  and  was  purchased  with  a  splendid 
heifer  calf  by  Searchlight  at  foot.  The  dam  of 
Princess  Violet  3d  was  by  the  Westrope  bred 
Gloster  and  the  line  of  descent  further  down  is 
of  the  best,  doubtless  such  as  to  meet  the  ap- 
proval of  the  most  critical.  Mr.  Brookover  paid 
$525  for  this  cow  and  calf  in  the  days  when  $100 
bought  a  very  good  cow.  It  is  not  surprising 
•that  satisfactory  results  have  followed  the  use  of 
good  bulls  on  such  foundation  stock  t  and  that 
this  herd  is  in  line  for  recognition  in  the  near 
future. 

In  the  main,  the  bulls  in  use  have  been  the  ex- 
cellent ones  owned  by  H.  G.  Brookover,  also  the 
splendid  show  and  breeding,  bull,  Blythe  Con- 
queror, used  and  shown  successfully  by  C.  F. 
Wolf  &  Son.  He  was  by  imp.  Conqueror  out  of 
imp.  Blythesome  15th  and  a  few  big,  beefy  cows 
by  him  speak  well  for  his  worth  as  a  sire.  A 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  363 

nice  lot  of  young  things  are  by  the  Dale's  Em- 
blem bull,  Oscar.  (See  H.  G.  Brookover  sketch.) 
These  heifers  are  large  and  show  admirable 
finish,  among  them  being  a  senior  calf  that  at  the 
time  of  my  visit  was  a  favorite  among  calves  of 
its  age  for  show  in  the  fall. 

The  bull  in  service  is  Village  Master,  selected 
by  one  of  the  best  judges  in  Kansas  for  use  in 
this  herd.  He  was  bred  by  J.  F.  Prather  of  Illi- 
nois and  his  sire  is  Mr.  Prather  ?s  herd  bull,  Sil- 
ver Knight,  a  bull  that  stood  high  in  his  class 
at  the  International.  The  dam  of  Village  Master 
is  by  Matchless  Robin  by  the  great  Forbes  bull, 
imp.  Cock  Robin,  out  of  a  cow  by  Baron  Gloster, 
second  dam  by  the  well  known  Fearless  Archer. 
It  is  putting  it  mildly  to  say  that  I  liked  this  big, 
beefy,  two-year-old  bull.  He  is  an  animal  of  the 
type  that  will  give  the  maximum  returns  for  the 
feed  consumed.  He  stands  close  to  the  ground, 
his  proportions  of  length  and  depth  are  right,  he 
has  an  elegant  bull  head  and  neck  and  carries  a 
wealth  of  natural  flesh  beyond  that  usually 
found  in  good  bulls.  I  saw  ten  of  his  calves  and 
from  them  picked  out  three  that  would  be  real 
show  prospects  anywhere.  Village  Master  has 
been  shown  twice  at  the  Greenwood  county  fair, 
winning  first  place  each  year.  He  also  won  the 
American  Shorthorn  Association  championship 
in  1919  arid  1920,  and  he  wrould  be  a  strong  bull 
in  larger  shows. 


364  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Claude  Lovett,  Neal.* — Mr.  Lovett  is  a  gradu- 
ate from  the  Department  of  Agronomy  in  the 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College.  He  has  an 
excellent  farm  that  produces  alfalfa  and  has 
plenty  of  limestone  pasture.  He  began  farming 
on  his  own  account  four  years  ago  and  has  kept 
Shorthorns  since  that  time.  His  first  purchase 
was  made  at  H.  E.  Huber's  sale  in  1916  where  he 
secured  two  choice  heifers  from  which  he  has 
made  good  sales  of  bulls.  A  yearling  heifer  de- 
scended from  this  purchase  was  fitted  for  show 
and  won  first  honors  at  several  fairs.  Sub- 
sequent additions  were  made  to  the  herd  at 
strong  prices,  a  lot  of  four  heifers  having  been 
purchased  in  one  sale  at  an  average  of  $700. 

Taken  as  a  whole,  the  breeding  of  this  herd  is 
most  acceptable  and  includes  some  of  the 
popular  blood  lines  of  the  day.  The  individual 
merit  of  the  foundation  stock  is  such  as  to  make 
if  fit  for  a  real  Shorthorn  herd.  The  bull  in  use 
at  the  time  of  my  visit  was  Scotch  Lord,  a  splen- 
did, big,  beefy  roan,  bred  by  J.  G.  Bobbins  &  Son, 
sired  by  Lord  Avondale,  one  of  America's  most 
popular  bulls,  whose  get  have  been  selling  for  ex- 
ceedingly high  prices.  The  dam  of  Scotch  Lord 
represents  two  great  bulls,  Choice  Goods  and 
Spicy  Robin  and  his  second  dam  is  imp.  Golden 
Gem  by  the  Marr  bred  Scotch  Thistle.  This  bull 
is  a  breeder  of  heifers  of  pronounced  excellence 

*       Station,  Tonovay;  telephone,  Eureka. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  365 

and  light  colors,  the  young  females  in  the  herd  by 
him  being  very  uniform  and  of  most  pleasing 
Shorthorn  type  and  character. 

I  glanced  over  the  pedigrees  of  Mr.  Lovett's 
cattle  and  found  a  wealth  of  Shorthorn  excel- 
lence near  the  top.  Whitehall  Sultan,  Gaveston 
Collynie,  imp.  Salamis,  Victor  Orange,  Non- 
pareil Victor,  Choice  Goods,  Silk  Goods,  imp. 
Inglewood,  March  Knight,  Spartan  Hero,  Prince 
Pavonia,  Searchlight,  Lavender  Viscount  and 
Baron  Lavender  2d  give  an  idea  of  the  breeding 
of  the  herd.  Among  the  choice  cows  are  Long- 
branch  Queen  whose  name  indicates  her  origin, 
Scotch  Lady  by  Eoyal  Sultan  38Q246  out  of 
Scotch  Mysie  7th  141050  and  Lady  Wharton  of 
M.  H.  Lyon's  breeding. 

Mr.  Lovett's  method  of  handling  is  in  keeping 
with  the  general  character  of  the  herd  and  its 
owner.  Constant  growth  is  the  desired  object. 
While  good  blood  lines  do  not  always  insure  good 
cattle,  yet  Mr.  Lovett  has  met  the  final  test.  His 
herd  is  not  large,  numbering  only  thirty  head  but 
from  this  little  herd  he  made  showings  at  Eureka, 
Predonia  and  Tola  in  1919,  winning  every  first  in 
each  class  except  two  at  these  three  fairs.  In  1920 
a  larger  showing  was  made  with  even  greater  suc- 
cess. Three  head  were  shown  at  Topeka  and  all 
were  well  in  the  money,  his  two-year-old  heifer 
having  stood  third  in  open  class. 

T.  M.  Etherington,  Hamilton.— Mr.  Ethering- 


366  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

ton  has  a  large  herd  of  Shorthorns  which  is  be- 
ing handled  in  a  way  to  bring  out  the  degree  of 
development  found  in  the  average  herd.  Fair 
size,  smoothness  and  uniformity  are  noticeable 
features.  Mr.  Etherington  started  some  years 
ago  with  a  few  cows  bought  from  local  breeders. 
He  has  been  using  good  bulls  and  retaining  the 
heifers,  selling  his  bull  calves  to  the  farmers  near 
by.  It  is  evident  that  the  herd  has  been  prolific 
and  profitable. 

One  of  the  first  bulls  used  was  bred  by  D.  P. 
Norton  and  was  sired  by  Buccaneer.  Then  came 
Vindicator  by  Collynie  out  of  Belle  Abbotsburn 
by  Young  Abbotsburn,  the  grand  champion  of 
America  for  several  years.  From  Kellerman  & 
Son  was  secured  a  bull  by  Lavender  Dorrit  out 
of  a  dam  by  Lavender  King  4th.  A  dash  of 
Bates  blood  was  introduced  through  a  son  of 
Winsome  Duke  llth.  H.  G.  Brookover's  herd 
furnished  a  son  of  Rosewood,  the  son  of  imp. 
Inglewood  and  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish  Archer. 
The  last  purchase  came  from  Ed  Stegelin  and  is 
by  True  Sultan,  International  grand  champion, 
a  son  of  Anoka  Sultan  and  one  of  the  best  bulls 
in  the  state  or  nation.  Roan  Acacia,  a  big  fellow 
bred  by  D.  C.  VanMce  and  sired  by  the  well 
known  Belvedere,  the  excellent  prize  winning 
and  breeding  bull  used  so  long  by  Mr.  VanMce, 
is  also  in  service. 

J.  C.  Parks,  Hamilton. — Here  is  a  herd  that 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  367 

receives  close  personal  attention  and  shows  cor- 
responding results.  The  young  stock  is  large 
and  has  quality  as  well  as  size.  The  cows  are 
kept  in  thrifty  condition  and  range  from  medium 
to  large.  There  are  about  twenty-five  females 
in  the  herd.  Roan  Calla  6th  is  a  five-year-old  by 
Our  Choice.  She  represents  a  blending  of  the 
blood  lines  of  Choice  Goods,  Whitehall  Sultan 
and  other  high-class  bulls,  less  known.  Miss 
Ellen  is  another  cow  with  an  infusion  of  Choice 
Goods  blended  with  imp.  Collynie.  Morning 
Glory  is  a  roan  by  Snowball,  son  of  Mr.  Hanna's 
Hampton  Spray  out  of-  a  dam  by  imp.  Lord  Cow- 
slip. Another  good  cow  by  Snowball  is  Miss 
Phyllis  12th,  a  roan  out  of  a  dam  by  Orange 
Master.  (See  H.  T.  Forbes  sketch.) 

One  of  the  bulls  used  was  Ingle  Lord  by  Ingle 
Lad.  Ingle  Lad  was  an  excellent  breeding  bull 
and  sired  many  great  producing  cows,  including 
Cream  Toast,  dam  of  the  champion  milking 
Shorthorn  at  the  Denver  show.  Lavender  V, 
grand  champion  at  the  Southeast  Kansas  Short- 
horn Show  in  1920,  is  the  herd  bull.  He  is  by 
Clansman,  a  son  of  Lavender  Viceroy  by  the 
grand  champion,  Lavender  Viscount.  His  dam 
is  by  the  famous  Tebo  Lawn  bull,  The  Conqueror 
by  Choice  Goods,  used  so  succeessfully  by  Sen- 
ator Wornall. 

F.  L.  Gilbert,  Hamilton. — Mr.  Gilbert  keeps 
many  cattle  on  his  farm  and  he  has  put  in  a  few 


368  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Shorthorns,  about  ten  cows,  because  of  the  fact 
that  profits  seem  much  surer  to  him  in  raising 
cattle  than  in  regulation  steer  handling  and  he 
is  not  alone  in  realizing  that  cattle  growing  is 
safer  than  annual  buying.  His  Shorthorns  are 
of  good  ancestry  and  are  nice  individuals,  tend- 
ing toward  the  dual-purpose  type,  a  kind  that  is 
meeting  with  much  favor  from  farmers  just  now. 
The  herd  represents  in  selection  and  blood  lines 
two  local  herds,  T.  M.  Etherington's  and  W.  E. 
Hogan's  and  that  of  Andrew  Pringle  of  Esk- 
ridge  and  is  typical  of  these  herds,  which  means 
that  a  rich  infusion  of -best  blood  on  a  good 
American  foundation  is  found.  The  bull  in  use 
is  a  smooth,  short-legged,  straight-lined  fellow 
and  the  young  calves  look  promising.  Mr.  Gil- 
bert has  a  chance  to  handle  his  cattle  well  and  he 
seems  to  be  making  use  of  his  opportunities. 

J.  T.  Martin  &  Son,  Madison.— This  herd  of 
ten  females  was  founded  in  1912  and  is  located  in 
one  of  the  choice  live  stock  sections  of  the  state. 
Alfalfa,  ensilage  and  the  best  pasture  are  the 
rule.  Blythesome,  a  large  red  cow,  is  a  daughter 
of  the  splendid  bull,  Athenian  Coronet  4th,  a  son 
of  imp.  Bapton  Coronet  out  of  Augusta  lllth  by 
Scotch  Fame.  Her  dam  is  by  Sir  Knight,  a  son 
of  Col.  Harris'  Golden  Knight  and  imp.  Sorrel 
by  Roan  Gauntlet.  Royal  Paquita  was  bred  by 
Mr.  Hanna.  She  is  by  Prince  Royal  and  her  dam 
is  Tebo  Lawn  Paquita  by  Prince  Armor,  the 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  369 

white  son  of  the  great  imp.  Princess  Alice.  Snow- 
bird is  another  Hanna  bred  daughter  of  Prince 
Royal  out  of  a  dam  by  Choice  Prince,  son  of 
Choice  Goods  out  of  a  Prince  of  Tebo  Lawn  cow. 
Perfection,  a  bull  combining  imp.  Collynie, 
Rosewood  and  others  of  Mr.  Hanna 's  herd  is  in 
service.  The  Martin  herd  is  strong  in  the  blood 
of  some  of  the  best  stock  of  the  state. 

Kenneth  Wilson,  Hamilton.— That  Mr.  Wil- 
son has  the  right  ideas  of  Shorthorn  type  and  the 
best  methods  of  handling  cattle  was  quite  appar- 
ent during  a  half  day  spent  with  him  in  visiting 
other  herds.  Mr.  Wilson's  cattle  represent  a 
mingling  of  blood  lines  rather  than  the  straight 
Scotch  cross  and  they  are  good,  big,  smooth  cows 
bred  for  individual  merit  from  the  best  ancestry 
but  not  put  together  in  such  a  way  as  to  win  the 
unqualified  approval  of  the  stickler  for 
" straight."  Nevertheless,  he  is  getting  results 
and  the  herd,  strong  in  Scotch  blood  of  the  very 
best  kind,  is  perhaps  better  for  a  seeming  disre- 
gard of  straight  blood  lines.  As  an  evidence  of 
success  it  may  be  mentioned  that  a  calf  of  Mr. 
Wilson's  production  won  first  at  the  Greenwood 
county  fair  last  fall  and  was  recently  sold  to  W. 
J.  Brookover,  an  old  Shorthorn  breeder,  for  use 
in  his  steer  breeding  operations,  the  final  test  of 
merit  in  Greenwood  county. 

Rawlings  Bros.,  Eureka. — This  firm  has  been 
raising  high  grade  Shorthorns  for  some  time, 


370  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

using  high-class  bulls.  Five  years  ago  a  pure 
bred  cow  was  bought  from  David  Ballantyrie. 
She  was  by  CollymVs  Pride,  the  outstanding 
sire  by  imp.  Collynie,  out  of  a  daughter  of  Royal 
Knight,  son  of  the  famous  imp.  Princess  Alice. 
Later  another  good  cow  was  added  from  a  local 
herd.  The  herd  bull  was  bred  by  O.  O.  Massa 
and  is  representative  of  Prince  Pavonia 
through  one  of  his  best  cows.  Rawlings  Bros, 
intend  keeping  a  Shorthorn  herd  and  their 
location  for  the  business  is  a  most  excellent  one. 

L.  E.  Downing,  Hamilton. — Mr.  Downing  has 
made  a  start  in  Shorthorns  by  buying  three  good 
cows.  One  of  them  is  an  unusually  large,  ma- 
tronly red,  that  if  bred  to  a  suitable  bull,  should 
prove  valuable.  It  is  Mr.  Downing 's  intention 
to  continue  in  the  business  and  to  improve  his 
cattle  and  a  young  man  with  such  an  ambition 
will  succeed.  He  has  not  yet  bought  a  bull  but 
plans  to  buy  one  for  another  year. 

W.  E.  Hogan,  Madison. — Mr.  Hogan  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  1908  and  the  quality  of  his 
cattle  that  I  have  seen  testifies  to  his  success. 
The  cows  are  of  good  size,  smooth  and  feminine, 
reflecting  the  character  of  the  bulls  used,  such 
as  Vindicator  by  imp.  Colly nie,  dam  by  Young 
Abbotsburn,  Snowball  by  Hampton  Spray  and 
Red  Prince  by  Prince  Violet,  dam  by  Godwin. 
This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  herds 
in  northern  Greenwood  county. 


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HARPER  COUNTY 

D.  Wohlschlegel  &  Sons,  Harper. — From  high 
grades  to  pure  breds  is  only  a  step  but  a  very 
logical  one  to  take  on  $100  an  acre  land  and  the 
men  who  take  such  a  step  almost  invariably  put 
up  the  best  Shorthorn  herds.  The  Wohlschlegel 
herd  will  be  no  exception.  Two  years  ago  a  start 
was  made  with  a  few  cows  bought  from  local 
breeders.  Later  the  imported  cow,  Kier  Jip,  was 
bought  of  Park  E.  Salter.  She  is  a  very  excel- 
lent individual  and  was  in  calf  to  imp.  Bapton 
Corporal  and  produced  a  splendid -red  heifer.  At 
the  Salter  sale  in  May  1919  the  Wohlschlegels 
bought  imp.  Viola  Gem  in  calf  to  imp.  Aberdeen 
and  also  the  Tomson  bred  Lady  Violet  2d  by 
Beaver  Creek  Sultan.  The  dam  of  Lady  Violet 
2d  was  by  Barmpton  Sultan  3d  by  Geo.  Allen's 
Victor  Sultanra  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan.  Prior 
to  this  they  had  bought  Stamford  Bess,  a  Can- 
adian bred  cow  by  Royal  Star,  a  son  of  Choice 
Star  611569  out  of  Lovelace  6th  by  Scottish 
Beau.  These  are  all  cows  of  great  excellence  and, 
added  to  several  very  good  ones  already  on  the 
farm,  give  a  working  herd  that  will  be  recognized 
in  the  future.  One  of  the  cows  on  hand  from 
the  earliest  purchase  is  Clear  Echo,  a  white  by 
Scotch  Laddie,  a  son  of  the  fine  sire,  Prince  Val- 
entine 4th.  Her  dam  is  by  the  Hanna  bred  Sym- 
metrical out  of  Gayety  by  imp.  Collynie.  Another 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  373 

one,  Silver  Poppy,  is  a  yearling  by  White  Hope 
486354  out  of  a  dam  by  Henry  Stunkel's  great 
sire,  Victor  Orange,  second  dam  by  Purdy  Bros.' 
Lord  Lovel. 

An  excellent  bull,  Alfalfa  Leaf  Dale  bred  by 
John  Regier,  has  been  used.  This  bull  is  by 
Dale's  Emblem,  a  son  of  Double  Dale  and  out  of 
Edelweiss  8th,  the  cow  that  topped  Park  E. 
Salter  's  1917  sale  at  $1625.  She  had  a  heifer  calf 
at  foot  that  has  long  since  sold  for  $1500  and  the 
cow  herself  sold  in  an  Iowa  sale  for  $1800.  I 
mention  this  to  show  the  kind  of  ancestry  the 
bull  had.  In  the  recent  Carpenter  &  Koss  sale 
one  of  the  good  young  bulls  of  the  offering  was 
bought.  He  was  imp.  Bapton  Dramatist  by 
Boquhan  Stamp  and  his  dam  was  by  Newbliss 
Augusta's  Champion.  This  youngster  was  bred 
by  Deane  Willis.  He  is  a  remarkably  smooth 
yearling,  very  straight,  with  thick  loin  and  a 
great  covering  of  mellow  flesh.  He  looks  like 
the  making  of  a  good  sized  bull  and,  barring  a 
slight  unevenness  on  the  rump,  he  is  exceedingly 
hard  to  fault. 

The  conditions  for  the  production  of  high- 
class  Shorthorns  are  the  best.  There  is  plenty  of 
pasture.  Alfalfa,  ensilage  and  other  feeds 
are  abundant  and  the  Wohlschlegels  are  not 
afraid  to  feed  them.  Best  of  all,  the  four  junior 
members  of  the  firm  are  strong,  husky  boys  with 
a  great  deal  of  enthusiasm  for  Shorthorns  and 


374  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

they  look  after  details  almost  to  perfection — a 
guarantee  for  a  well  grown  herd  in  the  future. 

Not  less  than  eight  good  females  have  been 
added  to  this  herd  since  June  1919.  Probably  the 
most  important  purchase  was  that  of  four  im- 
ported heifers  secured  at  the  Salter-Robison  sale. 
In  the  same  sale  one  of  the  best  American  bred 
females  was  also  bought,  These  heifers  will  be 
bred  this  season,  1920,  to  imp.  Bapton  Dramatist 
and  the  calves  from  this  cross  should  be  among 
the  most  valuable  Shorthorns  ever  produced  in 
Kansas. 

John  B.  Potter,  Harper. — Mr.  Potter  will  be  a 
permanent  man  in  the  Shorthorn  business.  He 
has  some  excellent  cows  in  his  herd  which  is 
quite  large.  A  big-bodied  roan  by  Searchlight 
is  one  that  attracts  attention  and  a  nice  lot  of 
females  recently  bought  of  northwest  Missouri 
breeders  with  a  dozen  excellent  ones  from  D.  A. 
Ewing  a,nd  others  raised  locally,  make  up  the 
herd.  Good  bulls  have  been  used.  One  of  the 
latest  in  service  and  a  bull  of  real  worth, 
which  quality  he  transmitted  to  his  calves,  was 
Master  Pavonia  by  Prince  Pavonia.  A  number 
of  the  cows  are  by  Hallwood  Goods,  a  son  of 
Choice  Goods  out  of  imp.  Sylvia.  Forest  Knight 
by  Gallant  Knight  out  of  a  Cowan  bred  cow  by 
Norfolk;  Chief  Archer  by  Whitehall  Chief,  son 
of  Whitehall  Sultan  and  Butterfly  Abbotsburn 
by  the  champion,  Young  Abbotsburn,  are  among 


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376  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

the  sires  of  cows  in  the  herd.  Some  of  the 
younger  heifers  are  by  Rosewood  Dale  and  imp. 
Bapton  Corporal. 

Rosewood  Dale  by  Avondale  out  of  imp.  Rose- 
wood 92d  was  recently  purchased  at  a  long  price 
and  is  now  doing  excellent  service.  He  is  the  sire 
of  the  highest  priced  female  of  her  age  sold  in 
Park  E.  Salter's  record  sale  at  Wichita  in  1919, 
as  well  as  of  the  highest  priced  heifer  in  a  sale 
held  previously.  His  reputation  as  one  of  the 
great  bulls  of  the  breed  is  fully  established  and 
his  use  adds  much  prestige  to  Mr.  Potter's  herd. 

Miss  Marguerite  V.  Stanley,  Anthony. — Miss 
Stanley  is  the  only  lady  of  the  fraternity  intro- 
duced in  these  pages.  In  the  data  of  her  herd, 
sent  me  by  request,  Miss  Stanley  has  told  her 
story  so  well  that  I  am  using  her  own  version  as 
she  has  written  it.  Her  herd  is  from  the  very 
best  sources  of  supply  and  those  who  see  it  will 
like  it.  Miss  Stanley  is  the  leading  organizer 
and  publicity  agent  for  Shorthorn  interests  in 
her  county. 

66 Having  been  my  father's  boy  for  a  number 
of  years,  I  naturally  developed  a  love  for  stock. 
Seven  years  ago  I  bought  three  grade  cows  but 
soon  saw  where  to  make  more  money  and  today 
I  take  pleasure  in  introducing  to  the  public  my 
modest  little  herd  of  twenty  Scotch  cattle,  strong 
in  the  famous  Collynie  blood,  with  some  infus- 
ions of  Avondale  blood.  I  am  endeavoring  to 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  377 

develop  my  herd  for  size,  bone,  flesh  and  milk- 
ing qualities. 

"My  herd  bull  Secret  Robin  should  fill  this 
bill.  He  is  a  deep,  broad,  thick-fleshed,  smooth, 
white  three-year-old  bull  weighing  2000  pounds  in 
farm  condition  with  ordinary  care  and  promises 
to  be  as  good  as  his  splendid  ancestry  suggests. 
His  sire,  Linwood  Victorious,  bred  by  Forbes  & 
Son  was  a  very  massive,  short-legged,  wide-out, 
smooth,  beefy  bull  and  a  double  grandson  of  imp. 
Cock  Robin.  Secret  Robin's  dam,  Snow  Secret, 
is  a  half  sister  to  the  grandam  of  Lady  Supreme, 
International  grand  champion  female,  1920, 
both  sired  by  Ingle  Lad  by  imp.  Collynie.  His 
grandam,  Wistful,  is  a  half  sister  to  the  dam  of 
Lespedeza  Collynie,  International  grand  cham- 
pion bull,  1919,  both  sired  by  imp.  Collynie.  (See 
H.  M.  Hill  sketch.) 

"We  have  in  our  herd  one  real  cow,  sired  by 
imp.  Collynie;  one,  a  half  sister  to  the  $3500 
Cherry  Blossom,  sired  by  the  grand  champion, 
Searchlight ;  another,  a  large,  deep,  wide,  smooth 
heavy  milker,  by  Hampton  Spray,  her  grandam 
by  imp.  Collynie ;  Dale's  Superb  by  Master  of  the 
Dales,  a  direct  descendant  of  Sempstress  of  Oak- 
land 8th  of  Mr.  Pott's  famous  show  herd  and 
the  dam  of  fifteen  calves ;  one  granddaughter  of 
Glenfoyle  Magnet,  with  yearling  heifer  from 
imp.  Village  Maid  foundation;  one  wide,  thick- 
fleshed  heifer  by  Baron  Excelsior,  a  grandson 


378  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

of  imp.  Villager,  sired  by  Augusta  Baron;  one 
heifer  by  a  grandson  of  Craven  Knight  and  from 
the  Duthie  Jealous  Girl  foundation  also  some 
good  heifers  by  Rosewood  Dale  by  Avondale. 

"We  feel  that  our  crop  of  calves  by  Secret 
Robin  from  these  good  cows  and  heifers  will  be 
little  gold  nuggets  and  we  take  pleasure  in  show- 
ing them  to  visitors  or  prospective  buyers.  We 
have  a  few  females  for  sale  at  all  times,  also 
some  nice  Scotch  bulls.  We  meet  trains  upon 
request  at  Anthony,  Ascot  or  Harper  at  any 
time." 

S.  D.  Cox,  Harper. — Mr.  Cox  had  an  excellent 
herd  of  grade  Shorthorns  which  might  as  well 
have  been  pure  breds.  Seeing  the  mistake,  he 
bought  two  cows  by  Fame's  Goods,  son  of  Ru~ 
berta's  Goods  and  imp.  Princess  Fame.  These 
cows  were  out  of  dams  by  Secret  Prince,  a  son 
of  Prince  Pavonia  and  a  good  Gallant  Knight 
cow.  He  also  bought  two  heifers  by  Hampton, 
son  of  Mr.  Hanna's  Hampton  Spray  out  of  Gold- 
en Queen  3d  by  imp.  Collynie,  second  dam  imp. 
Golden  Queen.  Their  dams  were  by  Royal  But- 
terfly by  W.  A.  Betteridge's  Lavender  Viceroy 
and  by  Oakwood,  a  son  of  imp.  Inglewood.  It 
will  be  seen  from  this  that  a  select  foundation 
is  being  laid  from  excellent  ancestry. 

For  a  bull  Mr.  Cox  bought  Alfalfa  Leaf  News 
10th  bred  by  John  Regier.  He  is  by  Good  News, 
a  son  of  the  Choice  Goods  bull,  New  Goods  that 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  379 

headed  Harriman  Bros. '  herd  at  the  time  of  its 
dispersion.  His  dam  is  by  Nonpareil  Star,  a  son 
of  imp.  Nonpareil  Victor,  famous  as  a  sire  of 
show  stock  in  George  Both  well's  herd  and  out  of 
a  cow  by  the  well  known  Chief  Violet  4th.  This 
is  a  tried  sire  of  merit  and  a  good  individual. 
Mated  with  Mr.  Cox's  cows,  and  with' the  off- 
spring given  the  generous  treatment  he  is  said 
to  give  his  cattle,  we  may  expect  to  see  some 
valuable  Shorthorns  on  this  farm. 

R.  H.  Cunningham,  Harper. — Not  all  has  been 
smooth  sailing  with  Mr.  Cunningham  since  he 
embarked  in  the  cattle  business  but  he  has  some- 
thing to  show  for  his  work  and  he  is  sticking  to 
it.  It  has  been  his  plan  to  buy  a  few  more  fe- 
males and  to  build  up  as  good  a  herd  as  he  is 
capable  of  making.  His  location  is  very  favor- 
able for  best  results  in  cattle  growing. 

The  stock  on  hand  at  the  time  of  my  visit  was 
good.  Silver  Belle  is  by  a  son  of  Tomson's  great 
sire,  Barmpton  Knight,  out  of  a  cow  by  the 
Bellows  bred  Hampton's  Crown  by  Hampton's 
Best.  Her  dam  is  representative  of  imp.  Ingle- 
wood  that  for  years  was  the  highest  priced' bull 
sold  at  an  American  Royal  sale,  and  of  Prince 
Pavonia.  One  of  the  best  things  is  a  heifer  by 
Master  Pavonia,  (see  John  B.  Potter  sketch) 
dam  by  Joe's  Lord,  a  son  of  Lord  Mayor  out  of 
an  imp.  Thistletop  dam. 

The  herd  bull  is  Secret  Prince,  bred  by  H.  M. 


380  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Hill.  His  sire  is  Linwood  Victorious  by  Forbes' 
outstanding  Victor  Linwood  out  of  a  dam  by  Vic- 
tor Linwood.  Secret  Prince  has  for  dam  one  of 
the  splendid  cows  of  the  breed  descended  from 
cows  and  bulls  not  equalled  in  quality  by  many 
Shorthorns  and  his  breeding  is  along  the  very 
best  Cruickshank  lines.  He  was  used  for  nearly 
two  years  by  J.  C.  Thorn  &  Son  where  he  proved 
himself  a  capital  sire. 

W.  M.  Nye,  Harper. — This  herd  does  not  run 
as  even  as  some,  owing  to  stock  having  been 
purchased  from  several  sources  yet  there  are 
few  herds  that,  as  a  whole,  are  descended  from  a 
better  line  of  ancestry.  The  sires  of  the  cows  are 
such  bulls  as  Violet's  Goods  by  The  Choice  of  All 
and  out  of  Violet  Mist  7th,  the  dam  of  Mr. 
Hanna's  Hampton  Spray;  Villager  Sultan,  a 
son  of  Double  Sultan  by  Sultan  Anoka  and  out  of 
a  dam  by  Villager;  Protector  by  Barmpton 
Knight  and  out  of  a  dam  by  Lord  Mayor ;  Victor 
Archer  by  Archer  and  out  of  a  dam  by  Gallant 
Knight.  Their  dams  were  by  such  bulls  as  White 
Sultan  by  a  son  of  Glenbrook  Sultan  and  out  of  a 
dam  by  Good  Choice;  Sandoval  by  Baron  Lav- 
ender 2d  out  of  imp.  Sorrel ;  Oakwood  by  imp. 
Inglewood  and  out  of  Sempstress  of  Oakland  8th 
by  Thistlewood ;  Golden  Lad  by  Golden  Eule  and 
out  of  Germanica  2d ;  the  Duthie  bred  imp.  Lav- 
ender Champion  and  the  Marr  bred  imp.  Con- 
queror. 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  381 

A  big,  straight-lined,  massive  bull  is  in  service, 
Butterfly  Sultan  300788.  He  is  by  Baron  Sul- 
tan, a  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan  out  of  Athene  of 
Rosedale  by  Victoria's  Count.  His  dam  is  by 
Victoria  of  Evergreen  Park  5th  184632  and  his 
second  dam  is  by  the  C.  C.  Norton  bred  Chief 
Lavender  139145.  Alfalfa  and  ensilage  are  avail- 
able and  Mr.  Nye  should  become  a  successful 
breeder. 

Walter  Simonson,  Anthony. — Mr.  Simonson 
has  been  handling  cattle  on  a  large  scale  and 
some  years  ago  he  bought  a  few  Shorthorn  cows 
which  have  been  kept  with  satisfactory  results. 
I  found  here  some  very  good  cows  and  the  herd, 
as  a  whole,  is  a  fairly  good  one.  It  is  the  plan 
to  let  the  pure  breds  increase  with  a  view  of 
gradually  closing  out  the  grades. 

Among  the  best  cows  on  the  farm  is  one  by 
Victor  Archer  out  of  a  dam  by  Mr.  Stodder's 
Geo.  Archer,  a  son  of  Captain  Archer.  Her  dam 
is  by  Sempstress  Valentine,  a  son  of  St.  Valen- 
tine. Another  Victor  Archer  cow  is  Silver 
Girl  5th.  Her  dam  is  by  imp.  Aylesbury  Duke. 
Beauty  Belle  3d,  bought  at  one  of  the  recent 
Salter  sales,  sired  by  Rosewood,  the  splendid  son 
of  imp.  Inglewood  and  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish 
Archer,  has  a  bull  calf  by  Sultan's  Last  by 
Whitehall  Sultan. 

Mr.  Simonson  is  using  a  bull  bred  by  Mitchell 
Bros.,  Ontario,  Canada.  His  sire  is  imp.  Lochiel 


382  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

and  his  dam  is  by  Roan  Chief  361556.  More  fe- 
males will  be  added  by  purchase  and  plans  are 
being  laid  for  improvements  in  methods  of  feed- 
ing and  handling.  There  are  facilities  here  for 
keeping  a  large  herd  and  the  foundation  is  on 
hand  for  making  a  good  one.  The  outlook  for 
success  is  increased  by  the  fact  that  a  son  of  the 
family  is  strongly  inclined  toward  Shorthorns. 

Fred  Maninger,  Harper. — Here  are  sixteen 
well  bred  females  by  good  bulls.  Choice  Echo 
that  did  valuable  service  for  Miss  Stanley  and 
Bennington  Bros.;  White  Sultan  by  Missie's 
Sultan  and  out  of  a  Good  Choice  cow;  Scottish 
Prince  by  imp.  Lord  Cowslip,  dam  by  imp. 
Scotchman  and  others  of  this  class  show  the 
cows  well  descended.  The  bull  used  was  Hamp- 
ton Archer  by  Mr.  Babb's  Silver  Hampton  out 
of  a  cow  by  Captain  Archer,  own  brother  to 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  In- 
ternational grand  champion  in  1919.  A  splendid 
white  bull,  Favorite  836696,  was  bought  of  John 
Regier  in  December  1919.  He  is  by  Scotch  Cum- 
berland, the  excellent  son  of  Cumberland  Type, 
most  sensational  show  bull  of  his  day  and  out  of 
Edelweiss  9th  by  Good  News,  shown  three  times 
at  state  fairs  and  the  winner  of  three  firsts.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  the  use  of  such 
bulls  will,  with  proper  care,  make  any  herd  good. 

Marcel  Duphorne,  Harper. — As  I  stood  on  the 
street  corner  in  the  city  of  Harper,  order  book 


A   HISTORY    OF   SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  383 

in  hand,  talking  to  Mr.  Potter,  I  chanced  to  men- 
tion the  matter  of  securing  subscribers  to  A  His- 
tory of  Shorthorns  in  Kansas.  Mr.  Duphorne, 
banker  and  Shorthorn  enthusiast,  overheard 
part  of  our  conversation  and  before  I  had 
finished  he  seized  my  book  with  the  remark 
"I'm  in  on  this  if  it's  for  Shorthorns."  He  filled 
out  and  signed  an  order  for  ten  copies. 

When  David  Wohlschlegel  wanted  an  im- 
ported bull  and  could  not  leave  home  to  attend 
the  Carpenter  &  Ross  sale,  he  sent  Mr.  Duphorne 
as  his  representative.  Does  this  banker  know 
Shorthorns  ?  Take  a  look  at  imp.  Bapton  Dram- 
atist (Wohlschlegel  sketch)  and  you  will  find 
the  answer. 

Note. — Respectfully  dedicated  to  bankers  of 
the  Southwest. 

Jesse  Rork,  Anthony. — Harper  county  is  full 
of  new  breeders  and  Mr.  Rork  is  one  of  them.  At 
Miss  Stanley's  1918  sale  he  bought  three  cows. 
Lady  Lou  by  a  son  of  imp.  Count  Violet  is  out  of 
a  cow  by  imp.  Trout  Creek  Clan  Alpine.  Roan 
Aline,  by  a  son  of  Captain  Archer,  has  two  fa- 
mous bulls  in  the  next  two  crosses,  Winsome 
Duke  llth  and  St.  Valentine,  sire  of  the  unde- 
feated Ruberta.  Lady  Waterloo  is  of  similar 
breeding.  Later  Mr.  Rork  secured  a  daughter 
of  Pleasant  Dale,  son  of  Maxwalton  Averne,  dam 
of  the  $10000  2d  Fair  Acres  Sultan  and  other 
good  ones.  He  has  been  using  Miss  Stanley's 


384  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Secret  Robin,  first  prize  bull  at  the  Harper 
County  Shorthorn  show  and  a  breeder  of  unusual 
merit. 

HARVEY  COUNTY 
E.  J.  Haury,  Halstead. — Mr.  Haury  is  in  the 

business  to  stay.  This  is  evident  when  you  talk 
with  him  and  especially  when  you  look  over  his 
cattle.  Like  nearly  all  Harvey  county  farm- 
ers, he  is  heavily  engaged  in  wheat  growing, 
but  I  suspect  he  has  the  vision  of  the  time  when, 
by  reason  of  natural  law,  live  stock  must  be  kept 
on  the  land  and  he  knows  that  the  Shorthorn  will 
come  into  its  own  on  practically  every  farm  in 
his  locality. 

The  original  purchases  were  made  some  years 
ago,  from  good  Kansas  herds.  The  bull  Abbots- 
ford  has  left  proof  of  satisfactory  service  and 
another  bull  that  left  his  mark  was  Monarch  by 
Crusader,  one  of  the  very  best  sons  of  Barmpton 
Knight,  a  bull  liberally  used  by  Tomson  Bros. 
The  Tomson  bull  Archer  and  Col.  Harris'  Gal- 
ahad also  figure  in  the  breeding  of  the  herd. 
Besides  the  females  that  have  been  on  the  farm 
for  a  number  of  years,  a  recent  addition  of  three 
cows  was  made  from  Park  E.  S  alter,  a 
daughter  of  The  Goods,  J.  R.  Evans  &  Bros.' 
well  known  bull,  and  two  bred  in  Canada.  Scott- 
ish Maid  55th  has  great  size  and  good  form  and 
will  attract  attention  any  time.  The  smaller  one, 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  385 

Ramsden's  Jessie,  a  cow  of  medium  size,  nice 
length,  true  top  and  bottom  lines,  short  legs  and 
very  breedy,  impressed  me  as  an  especially  valu- 
able animal.  The  third,  a  big,  smooth,  roan  daugh- 
ter of  Ingle  Lad  should,  by  virtue  of  inherit- 
ance, be  one  of  the  best  in  the  herd.  She  is  out  of 
Sycamore  Spiraea,  one  of  the  great  cows  in  H. 
M.  Hill's  herd  and  a  full  sister  to  Prince  of  Col- 
lynie,  one  of  the  beefiest  bulls  and  greatest  sires 
of  useful  Shorthorns  I  have  ever  known.  The 
cow  is  so  good  that  one  can  readily  overlook  a 
plain  horn  and  I  would  consider  her  very  valu- 
able as  a  foundation  cow.  Her  bull  calf  by  Mas- 
ter of  the  Dales  topped  Park  E.  Salter's  young- 
bull  sale  in  1917  and  Mr.  Haury  is  to  be  congra- 
tulated on  owning  her. 

The  bull  being  used  is  known  as  Gus  Villager, 
a  roan  yearling  by  Village  Glory,  son  of  imp.  Vil- 
lager. His  dam  is  Village  Augusta  by  Village 
Omega,  also  a  son  of  imp.  Villager,  second  dam 
by  imp.  Crescent  Knight.  When  I  saw  him  he 
was  in  rather  light  flesh  but  he  impressed  me 
favorably.  He  has  enough  size  with  length  and 
depth  in  right  proportion  and  a  good  head  and 
neck. 

At  the  1920  Salter-Robison  sale  Mr.  Haury 
secured  Fair  Acres  Blossom  for  $1850.  She  is 
an  elegant  roan  daughter  of  Pair  Acres  Sultan 
and  is  well  along  in  calf  to  imp.  British  Emblem. 
She  is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  choice  lot  of 


386  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

cows  on  hand,  and  calves  from  her,  if  well  devel- 
oped, should  be  in  demand  at  strong  prices.  This 
establishment  is  a  great  credit  to  Harvey  county. 

O.  A.  Homan  &  Sons,  Peabody. — When  Mr. 
Homan  was  a  young  man  he  worked  twenty- 
eight  months  on  a  Shorthorn  farm  in  Illinois 
and  during  this  time  he  caught  the  spirit.  He 
decided  that  as  soon  as  he  could,  he  would  own  a 
good  herd  of  Shorthorns.  His  chance  came 
twenty-five  years  ago  when  he  began  breeding 
in  a  small  way.  Later  he  bought  ten  cows  and 
heifers  of  Col.  Ed  Green,  then  of  Florence.  All 
these  cows  were  sired  either  by  imp.  Ardlethen 
Mystery  or  Double  Champion  and  some  of  the 
Ardlethen  Mystery  cows  were  carrying  Double 
Champion  calves.  It  was  a  satisfactory  pur- 
chase, not  only  because  of  the  quality  of  the 
stock,  but  also  because  it  included  cows  that  in 
some  cases  were  of  the  most  desirable  blood  lines 
of  the  day. 

One  of  these  cows  was  Pride  of  Greendale  2d 
out  of  Village  Pride  by  imp.  Invincible.  This 
cow  has  numerous  descendants  in  the  herd. 
There  are  still  on  the  farm  six  cows  by  Ardlethen 
Mystery,  two  by  imp.  Aberdeen  and  two  by 
Double  Champion.  The  Double  Champion  cows 
have  been  a  good  lot  wherever  I  have  seen  them 
and,  being  from  a  bull  of  merit  and  first-class 
ancestry,  they  should  be  so.  Double  Champion 
was  by  the  champion,  Choice  Goods,  and  his  dam 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


387 


was  Russella,  the  dam  of  the  undefeated  Ru- 
berta.  Three  cows  by  the  Hanna  bred  Victor 
Hampton,  a  son  of  Hampton  Spray,  were  added 
to  the  herd  a  year  ago. 


THE  YOUNGEST  OF  SIX  SONS,  ALL  MEMBEES 
OF  THE  FIRM  OF  O.  A.  HOMAN  &  SONS 

The  bull  used  is  White  Hope.  His  sire  is 
Archer's  Victor,  a  son  of  the  well  known  Tomson 
bull,  Archer,  the  sire  of  many  excellent  cattle 
and  numerous  prize  winners.  His  dam  is  by 
Ingle  Lad,  a  bull  that  in  H.  M.  Hill's  herd  sired 
a  lot  of  breeding  cows,  practically  all  of  them 
heavy  milkers.  His  second  dam  was  by  Captain 
Archer,  J.  F.  Stodder's  sire  of  many  prize  win- 
ners and  full  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe  that  at 
Lespedeza  produced  Imperial  Mistletoe  sold  last 


388  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

year  for  $4100  and  Lespedeza  Collynie,  1919  In- 
ternational grand  champion.  It  will  be  seen  that 
White  Hope's  sire,  grandsire  and  great  grand- 
sire  were  all  by  imp.  Collynie  and  he  imparts  to 
his  get  the  thick  meatiness  of  the  old  bull,  with 
fine  finish.  Individually  he  is  a  good  specimen 
of  a  large  Shorthorn  bull,  short-legged  and  of 
fair  finish,  a  beefy  fellow,  though  not  a  show 
bull. 

The-  Homans  have  quite  a  record  as  developers 
of  young  cattle.  At  the  Wichita  show  and  sale 
of  1918  they  sold  a  sixteen-month-old  bull  weigh- 
ing 1550  pounds  that  topped  the  sale  for  bulls  of 
his  age  and  the  year  before  they  had  topped  the 
sale  on  heifer  calves  with  a  pair  of  ten-month-old 
heifers.  These  heifers,  according  to  the  figures 
furnished  by  Mr.  Homan,  made  a  gain  of  nearly 
five  pounds  a  day  for  some  time.  I  remember 
seeing  them  and  recall  that  they  were  generally 
much  admired. 

A.  H.  Taylor  &  Son,  Sedgwick.— The  Taylors 
are  located  one  and  one-quarter  miles  west  of 
Briggs  Station  on  the  Arkansas  Valley  interur- 
ban  between  Wichita  and  Newton.  Oars  run 
every  seventy-five  minutes,  giving  visitors  un- 
usual opportunity  for  seeing  the  herd. 

This  firm  has  Shorthorns  much  above  the  av- 
erage in  size,  form  and  finish.  The  greater  num- 
ber are  of  blood  lines  such  as  would  appeal  even 
to  the  most  particular.  The  foundation  was  laid 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  389 

at  the  J.  P.  Stodder  dispersion  where  one  of  the 
cows  purchased  was  Jeanie  by  Silvermine,  Mr. 
Stodder 's  splendid  son  of  Rosewood  that  sired 
the  great  lot  of  heifers  sold  in  the  sale.  Her  dam 
was  by  Victor  of  Evergreen  Park  4th.  This  was 
one  of  the  Stodder  show  heifers  and  she  had  been 
a  winner  all  along  the  line.  Splendid  breed- 
ing cows  from  her  are  now  in  the  herd.  Another 
cow  is  Orlena,  a  massive  Tebo  Lawn  production 
sired  by  the  well  known  Victor  Bashful  out  of  a 
dam  by  Duke  of  Oakland  2d.  Knight's  Victoria, 
one  of  the  attractive  things  on  the  farm,  is  a  big 
roan  by  the  Gentry  bred  Knight  Templar.  Her 
sire  was  by  Victorious,  the  Linwood  bred  son  of 
Lord  Mayor.  Knight's  Victoria  was  purchased 
with  a  good  heifer  calf  at  foot  by  Hallwood 
Model,  a  son  of  Choice  Goods  Model.  Two  desir- 
able cows  were  added  later,  the  last  addition 
having  been  a  red  bought  at  the  1919  Breeders 
sale  in  Hutchinson.  The  herd  bull  is  a  son  of 
Searchlight,  a  nice  roan  and  very  much  like  the 
best  Searchlight  bulls  and  he  is  satisfactory  as  a 
breeder.  His  dam  was  by  Prince  Pavonia,  the 
son  of  imp.  Glendale  Pavonia. 

The  method  of  handling  the  cattle  as  practiced 
by  the  Taylors  is  such  as  to  develop  the  animal 
well,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  size  of  the  matured 
cows,  yet  it  is  entirely  practical  and  compara- 
tively inexpensive.  Good  pastvire,  alfalfa  and 
.careful  handling,  the  prime  requisites  for 


390  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

successful  cattle  growing  in  Kansas,  are  given 
this  herd.  The  cattle  are  kept  in  that  condition 
of  growth  and  flesh  that  is  best  for  the  man  who 
buys  them. 

Mr.  Taylor  tells  me  they  grow  Shorthorns  as  a 
side  line  and  sell  their  bulls  readily  when  twelve 
months  old  or  younger  at  satisfactory  prices. 
The  farm  is  in  the  heart  of  the  wheat  belt  where 
land  sells  high  but  they  recognize  the  necessity  of 
raising  cattle  and  if  these  Shorthorns,  big,  mas- 
sive and  smooth,  are  kept  as  a  side  line  only,  it 
might  be  well  for  others  to  adopt  their  policy. 
The  Taylor  operations,  in  the  section  where 
wheat  is  grown  as  a  main  crop,  should  be  an 
object  lesson  to  the  farmers  of  central  Kansas  in 
general.  The  farm  has  for  years  been  used  in 
producing  Percherons  of  high  class  and  the  same 
energy  and  good  management  which  contributed 
to  the  successful  production  of  horses  will  be 
manifest  in  the  production  of  Shorthorns. 

G.  O.  Thomas,  Walton. — Mr.  Thomas  bought  a 
few  females  at  the  breeders  sale  in  Peabody  in 
1918.  They  were  principally  from  the  Homan 
consignment.  One  heifer  is  by  the  Homan- Wil- 
son bull,  White  Hope,  (see  Homan  sketch)  out 
of  a  cow  by  imp.  Ardlethen  Mystery.  The  others 
are  of  the  same  breeding  as  the  Homan  herd 
which  gives  them  a  good  infusion  of  very  de- 
sirable blood.  Mr.  Thomas  has  used  White  Hope, 
mentioned  above,  until  recently  and  has  secured 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  391 

excellent  results.  He  has  just  purchased  a  first- 
class  young  bull  which  completes  his  herd. 

JACKSON  COUNTY 

Ed  Stegelin,  Straight  Creek.— Few,  if  any, 
Kansas  Shorthorn  breeders  are  better  known 
than  Ed  Stegelin.  He  has  been  a  fixture  on  the 
big  show  circuits  for  a  number  of  years  and  as 
a  winner  he  has  excelled  prominent  exhibitors 
and  has  carried  off  many  blue  and  purple  rib- 
bons. It  was  about  ten  years  ago  that  I  first 
met  Mr.  Stegelin  at  the  Topeka  fair.  He  was 
there  with  a  string  of  his  cattle  and  the  regular- 
ity with  which  he  took  second  and  third  places 
was  almost  striking.  He  said  little  while  awards 
were  being  placed  but  after  the  show  he  re- 
marked "When  I  go  out  to  show  again,  I  will 
have  cattle  that  can  win  first  place."  He  meant 
it  and  he  carried  out  the  resolve. 

At  Mr.  Stegelin 's  sale  in  1918  the  show  herd 
was  dispersed  and  since  then  no  showing  has 
been  done.  At  the  time  of  my  visit  to  the  farm  in 
July  1919  there  were  about  forty  females  in  the 
herd  and  it  was  a  rare  treat  to  look  them  over. 
Half  of  them  are  by  the  many  times  grand  cham- 
pion bull,  True  Sultan,  and  every  one  of  these 
True  Sultan  heifers  I  saw  was  not  only  big  but 
was  also  finished  from  end  to  end.  The  other 
twenty  cows  are  from  excellent  ancestry.  Rose- 
dale  Charity  is  out  of  a  dam  by  Prince  Imperial, 


392  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

a  son  of  Snowstorm  out  of  a  Royal  Leader  dam. 
(See  Sands  sketch.)  Snowstorm  will  be  remem- 
bered as  a  son  of  Snowf lake,  sire  of  Ringmaster, 
the  only  bull  that  was  ever  three  times  Inter- 
national grand  champion.  Lancaster  Lady  is 
by  Red  Archer,  a  son  of  Ceremonious  Archer, 
International  grand  champion  in  1903.  Her 
dam  is  by  Royal  Rosewood  by  Royal  Archer  out 
of  imp.  Rosewood  97th.  An  extraordinary  two- 
year-old  is  Sultana  Waterloo  by  True  Sultan. 
Her  dam  is  by  Matchless  Dale,  sire  of  more  In- 
ternational prize  winning  steers  than  any  other 
bull  of  any  breed,  living  or  dead.  Her  second  dam 
is  by  Orange  Lavender  by  Lavender  Viceroy  fol- 
lowed by  imp.  Master  of  the  Rolls.  Another 
splendid  white  yearling  heifer  by  True  Sultan 
is  True's  Princess  out  of  a  dam  by  Searchlight, 
second  dam  by  Prince  Pavonia,  a  line  of  breed- 
ing that  should  make  her  a  good  producer.  There 
were  also  on  the  farm  two  imported  females. 
Mayflower  Maid  is  a  three-year-old  roan,  bred 
by  Robert  Bruce,  and  her  maternal  ancestry  is 
of  Bruce  breeding  for  ten  generations.  Her  sire, 
Golden  Primrose,  was  bred  by  Durno.  Mr. 
Stegelin  had  also  made  a  purchase  of  eight  fe- 
males of  very  choice  breeding  which  had  not  yet 
reached  the  farm. 

The  first  high-class  bull  used  was  Orange  Lad 
2d  and  still  it  remained  a  proposition  to  get  a 
bull  as  good  as  was  desired.  At  the  International 


A   HISTORY    OP    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  393 

in  1912  a  white  from  the  famous  J.  H.  Miller 
herd  of  Peru,  Indiana,  struck  Mr.  Stege- 
lin's  fancy.  John  Tomson  assisted  in  looking 
him  over  and  he  was  bought  at  the  big  price  of 


TRUE  SULTAN 

$550.  With  transportation  charges  of  $36  he 
arrived  at  Straight  Creek.  This  was  True  Sul- 
tan, a  bull  that  did  for  Mr.  Stegelin  what  Baron 
Victor  did  for  Col.  Harris,  Gallant  Knight  for 
Tomsons  and  Collynie  for  Mr.  Hanna.  He  was 
rarely,  if  ever,  defeated  in  the  show  ring  and  he 
put  the  Stegelin  herd  among  the  tops  of  the 
classes.  He  was  by  Sultan  of  Anoka,  a  son  of 
Whitehall  Sultan  qut  of  imp.  Lady  in  Waiting. 
His  dam  was  by  Marshall  of  the  Mound  in  whose 
ancestry  is  found  near  the  top  four  famous 
Shorthorns — imp.  Craven  Knight  and  imp. 
Princess  Alice  through  their  son  Young  Marshall 


394  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

and  Mary  Abbotsburn  7th,  the  most  wonderful 
cow  in  America  and  a  daughter  of  Young  Abbots- 
burn,  possibly  the  greatest  show  bull  of  any 
breed  in  America. 

The  show  record  of  the  Stegelin  herd  covered 
three  seasons  and  in  that  time  the  cattle  were  ex- 
hibited at  Burlington  and  Des  Moines,  Lincoln, 
Topeka,  Hutchinson  and  Oklahoma  City.  In 
these  shows  they  won  134  firsts,  22  seconds,  19 
thirds,  8  fourths,  and  3  fifths,  42  championships 
and  27  grand  championships.  In  1914  at  the 
Nebraska  State  Fair,  True  Sultan  was  made  re- 
serve champion  over  all  breeds. 

A  pleasing  feature  of  the  work  on  Mr.  Stege- 
lin 7s  farm  is  the  spirit  of  co-operation  shown  by 
and  with  the  two  sons  of  the  family,  ten  and 
twelve  years  old,  who  own  several  of  the  best 
things  in  the  herd.  The  boys  plan  to  be  ready  to 
buy  farms,  when  they  shall  need  them,  with  the 
proceeds  from  their  cattle.  Mr.  Stegelin  thinks 
with  the  start  the  boys  now  have  there  is  hardly 
a  question  of  their  being  able  to  buy  and  pay  for 
a  quarter  section  of  rich  Jackson  county  land  by 
the  time  they  are  twenty-one. 

Tom  Bottom,  Soldier. — One  must  meet  Mr. 
Bottom  to  appreciate  him.  He  is  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  Shorthorn  men  I  have  known  and 
I  am  sure  that  when  you  have  been  with  him  an 
hour  you  will  feel  as  rested  as  after  a  summer  va- 
cation. Here  is  a  big  farm  with  plenty  of  fine 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  395 

pasture,  plenty  of  alfalfa  and  a  disposition  to 
grow  good  Shorthorns  that  allows  no  thought  of 
failure.  Mr.  Bottom  is  not  thinking  of  the  neat, 
tidy,  round,  little  type,  easily  fattened  on  grain, 
but  of  the  big,  smooth,  massive  kind  that  can  go 
out  and  graze  to  the  best  advantage,  then  winter 
well  on  the  farm  feeds. 

Constant  improvement  is  being  planned  for 
the  herd  and  it  is  no  mean  one  that  meets  the 
visitor's  eye  at  this  time.  With  few  exceptions 
the  cows  are  large  and  of  correct  Shorthorn  type, 
and  they  are  producing  calves  that  are  being 
well  suckled  and  are  growing  into  good  cattle.  As 
I  recall  it,  practically  every  cow  in  the  herd  was 
suckling  a  calf  or  would  produce  one  shortly. 
This  is  no  doubt  largely  due  to  the  common- 
sense  method  of  keeping  them  neither  fat  nor 
lean,  just  thrifty.  In  general  the  breeding  is 
very  similar  to  that  in  Mr.  Clement's  herd. 

Kansas  Pride,  a  large,  attractive  roan  comes 
from  Loch  Bros.  Her  sire  Walnut  Duke,  is  a 
Bellows  bred  son  of  Hampton's  Successor  out  of 
a  Victorallan  dam.  Her  dam  represents  Good 
Choice  and  Merry  Hampton.  A  Tomson  bred 
daughter  of  Barmpton  Knight  is  out  of  a  dam  by 
the  Harris  bred  Vanquish,  a  son  of  Galahad,  sire 
of  Gallant  Knight.  This  cow  has  been  an  excel- 
lent breeder  and  her  bull  calves  have  all  sold  at 
good  prices  before  being  old  enough  to  wean.  She 
is  now  suckling  a  nice  heifer.  Another  attractive 


396  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

roan  is  Walnut  Glen  Girl  by  Scotch  Goods. 
Three  of  her  heifers  in  the  herd  are  fine  speci- 
mens of  the  breed,  one  of  them,  a  yearling  by 
Orange  Lad,  being  an  especially  admirable  pros- 
pect for  a  big,  smooth,  breeding  cow. 

The  herd  bull  bears  the  gentlemanly  name  of 
Mr.  Marshal.  He  was  bred  by  Tomson  Bros,  a  ad 
Mr.  Bottom  says  he  was  the  best  young  bull  in 
the  bunch  when  he  was  there  and  that  is  why  he 
bought  him.  Really  he  is  a  good  one,  in  fact,  I 
have  seen  few  bulls  in  my  rounds  that  impressed 
me  more  favorably.  He  is  a  beautiful  roan,  a 
show  yard  type  and  out  of  a  cow  by  Barmp- 
ton  Knight.  Later  when  I  visited  James  Tom- 
son  I  saw  the  mother  and  grandmother  of  this 
bull.  They  were  not  only  two  of  the  best  cows  in 
the  herd  but  Mr.  Tomson  said  they  were  among 
the  very  best  bull  producers  on  the  farm.  One 
of  these  two  cows  is  the  dam  of  Marshal's  Crown, 
the  outstanding  Village  Marshal  bull  retained 
for  service  in  the  Tomson  herd.  That  Mr.  Mar- 
shal will  be  a  satisfactory  breeder  is  indicated  in 
a  letter  received  from  Mr.  Bottom  July  18,  1920 
in  which  he  says  "I  have  thirty  of  the  best  calves 
in  Kansas." 

Ivan  Clements,  Havensville. — I  saw  a  number 
of  cows  and  some  calves  here  which  Mr.  Clem- 
ents said  were  fairly  representative  of  the  herd 
and  they  were  real  Shorthorns.  They  combine 
plenty  of  size  with  good  finish,  several  of  them 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  397 

being  very  attractive  and  they  would  be  credit- 
able specimens  in  any  herd.  Plenty  of  roughage 
including  alfalfa,  and  pasture,  are  the  feeds 
which  have  done  the  work. 

The  purchase  of  foundation  stock  descended 
from  a  line  of  good  bulls  gives  a  clue  to  the  suc- 
cess of  things.  '  The  earliest  purchases  are  in  the 
main  representative  of  such  bulls  as  D.  P.  Nor- 
ton's British  Lion,  Clay  &  Winn's  Golden  Victor 
Alex  Eraser's  Crown  Prince  of  Lawndale  and 
15th  Duke  of  Hilldale,  Purdy  Bros.'  Lord 
Champion,  V.  R.  Ellis'  Godwin,  Harriman 
Bros.'  Proud  Monarch  and  New  Goods,  Kelly 
Bros.'  Banning,  John  McCoy's  Pride  of  Col- 
lynie,  Tomsons'  Barmpton  Knight,  Bellows 
Bros.'  Good  Choice  and  Merry  Hampton  and 
Peculated  Wild  Eyes,  two  of  the  breed's  great 
bulls  to  which  no  special  individual  can  lay  claim. 
It  is  only  natural  that  cows  descended  from  such 
a  line  of  bulls  and  given  a  chance  for  de- 
velopment should  be  highly  satisfactory  in  a 
breeding  herd. 

One  among  the  best  cows  that  I  saw  is  a  big 
roan,  Augusta  by  name.  Her  sire  is  by  Pride  of 
Collynie,  a  full  brother  to  Mistletoe  15th,  dam  of 
the  1919  International  grand  champion.  She  is 
suckling  a  big,  lusty  calf  and  will  easily  weigh 
1600  pounds  on  grass  alone.  Another  excellent  cow 
is  Alma  Eose  4th  bred  by  Loch  Bros,  of  Nebraska. 
She  is  by  Scotch  Goods,  a  son  of  Good  Choice, 


398  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

out  of  a  Merry  Hampton  dam.  Her  dam  is  by 
Peculated  Wild  Eyes  and  her  second  dam  is  the 
grandam  of  Barmpton  Knight.  Kelly  Bros, 
are  represented  in  the  herd  by  a  good  two-year- 
old  by  Scotch  Monarch,  a  grandson  of  imp.  Lord 
Banff,  while  Dr.  Harkey  's  herd  furnished  Duch- 
ess of  Oxford  2d,  by  Baron  Cumberland.  The 
dam  of  this  heifer  was  Mr.  Eraser's  Duchess  of 
Independence.  She  unites  through  her  maternal 
ancestry  the  highest  priced  family  of  Shorthorns 
the  world  has  ever  produced  with  bulls  of  modern 
Scotch  breeding  and  type  and  no  one  who  has  ob- 
served closely  would  deny  the  profitable  re- 
sults of  such  crossing. 

The  herd  bull,  a  big,  thick  fellow,  is  Warwick 
452253,  bred  by  Babst  Bros.  His  sire  is  the  Tom- 
son  bred  Donald  359930.  His  dam  is  by  Ingle- 
side  For  Me,  an  elegant  white  used  by  T.  P. 
Babst  and  sired  by  Eosewood,  a  son  of  imp.  In- 
glewood  and  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish  Archer, 
the  best  of  Mr.  Duthie's  many  great  bulls.  Mr. 
Clements  is  also  freely  using  Mr.  Bottom's  ex- 
cellent bull.  (See  Bottom  sketch.) 

C.  P.  Humphrey,  Denison. — Mr.  Humphrey, 
a  banker  owning  and  operating  a  farm,  made  his 
start  with  a  cow  bred  by  Mrs.  A.  G.  Devlin  and 
from  her  he  raised  four  heifer  calves.  This  cow 
was  by  Lord  Butterfly  by  Golden  Victor  Jr.,  out 
of  8th  Butterfly  of  Valley  Grove  by  Lord  Mayor. 
Her  dam  was  by  My  Lord,  son  of  imp.  Spartan 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  399 

Hero  and  imp.  Lady  of  the  Meadow  followed  by 
two  crosses  of  imp.  Thistletop.  Later  a  nice- 
ly bred  cow  from  J.  C.  Stone  was  added 
and  several  of  her  descendants  are  now  on  the 
farm. 

Well  bred  bulls  have  been  used.  An  extra 
good  one  was  Modern  Scotchman  by  imp.  Ma- 
genta, out  of  Victoria  Butterfly  by  Victoria 
Baron.  Another  was  Orange  Cumberland  by 
Dale's  Cumberland  out  of  a  Lavender  Viceroy 
dam.  This  bull  stood  third  as  a  calf  in  a  strong 
ring  at  the  American  Royal.  The  present  herd 
bull  was  secured  at  the  1919  Ogden  sale.  He 
is  a  roan  almost  a  year  old  and  looks  like  the 
making  of  a  good  one.  His  sire  Type's  Lord  is 
by  Cumberland's  Type  out  of  a  dam  by  Cumber- 
land's Last.  He  is  out  of  a  cow  by  imp.  Mu- 
tineer and  she  is  a  daughter  of  imp.  Bapton 
Magnet  by  Silver  Plate.  Mr.  Humphrey's  farm 
is  a  rich  one  with  much  alfalfa  land.  It  is 
located  where  Shorthorns  have  no  active  compe- 
tition and  where  all  conditions  favor  their  best 
development. 

J.  W.  Waynant,  Holton. — There  are  few  be- 
ginners who  are  as  discriminating  in  their  pur- 
chases and  who  are  giving  their  cattle  such 
care  as  is  Mr.  Waynant.  His  farm  is  splendidly 
located  with  pastures,  fine  water  and  soil  that 
will  grow  any  kind  of  forage.  Since  proper  feed- 
ing and  care  go  with  animal  husbandry  here 


400  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

one   may   expect   a   splendid  herd   to   be   pro- 
duced as  a  result  of  these  conditions. 

I  have  seen  four  of  the  five  females  in  the 
herd  and  there  is  little  room  for  adverse  criti- 
cism of  these  cows.  An  unusually  large  and  well 
matured  three-year-old  bred  by  Henry  Kupper 
of  Nebraska  would  attract  attention  anywhere. 
She  is  by  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel  and  her  dam  is 
by  imp.  Strowan  Star.  A  yearling  heifer  from 
this  cow  is  quite  pleasing  and  a  two-week-old 
heifer  calf  by  Superior  Rosedale  makes  her  pur- 
chase a  fortunate  investment. 

The  herd  bull,  Superior  Rosedale,  was  bred  by 
Howell  Rees.  He  is  by  the  grand  champion, 
Whitehall  Rosedale,  and  his  dam  is  by  Superi- 
mint,  a  grandson  of  Mr.  Duthie's  great  Pride  of 
Morning,  second  dam  by  a  son  of  Pride  of  Morn- 
ing. With  one  exception  he  i§  the  heaviest  and 
most  massive  bull  of  his  age  I  have  seen  in 
twenty-two  counties.  He  was  junior  champion 
at  Topeka  in  a  big  show  and  this  fairly  indicates 
his  form  and  quality.  The  young  calves  by  him 
are  promising. 

Geo.  Zeller,  Meriden. — Mr.  Zeller  is  a  young 
man  who  a  few  years  ago  came  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  there  would  be  no  room  in  his  plans  for 
scrub  or  nondescript  stock.  As  a  result  of  such 
decision  he  bought  four  Shorthorn  cows  from 
which  he  has  raised  a  creditable  little  herd.  Two 
of  these  cows  came  from  Iowa  and  one,  bred  by 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  401 

John  E.  Smith,  was  sired  by  Parson's  Proud 
Duke,  a  son  of  the  well  known  Victor  Baron  out 
of  a  dam  by  Duke  of  Oakland.  Later  several 
cows  were  secured  from  Dr.  F.  M.  Marks  of 
Valley  Falls.  They  were  by  Choice  Lancaster,  a 
son  of  C.  H.  White's  show  bull,  Richelieu,  a  state 
fair  and  American  Royal  winner,  and  were  out 
of  nicely  bred  dams. 

The  herd  bull  is  medium  in  size,  compact  and 
smooth.  He  is  by  the  Bellows  bred,  Double  Dia- 
mond, whose  sire  and  dam  were  both  by  the 
champion,  Diamond  Goods.  He  is  out  of  a 
cow  by  Modern  Scotchman,  a  well  known  son  of 
imp.  Magenta.  The  calves  by  this  bull  indicate 
progress  in  the  right  direction.  Mr.  Zeller,  with 
good  accommodations  for  cattle,  plenty  of  en- 
thusiasm and  a  well  defined  idea  of  what  he 
wants,  should  be  a  success. 

F.  B.  Arnold,  Holton. — Mr.  Arnold  has  a  very 
creditable  herd  of  fifteen  cows  and  practically 
all  were  suckling  good  calves  when  I  saw  them. 
They  have  fair  size,  are  straight-lined  and 
smooth  and  are  the  kind  of  cows  that  if  bred  to  a 
first-class  big,  thick  bull  can  be  depended  upon 
for  satisfactory  results.  Among  high-class  bulls 
appearing  in  the  three  top  crosses  are  Archer 
Boy  by  Ballechin  Archer,  a  son  of  Ceremonious 
Archer;  Modern  Scotchman  by  imp.  Magenta, 
dam  by  Victoria  Baron;  George  Cook  by  My 
Lord,  dam  by  Lord  Mayor;  Rosedale  by 


402  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Avondale  out  of  imp.  Rosebud  2d ;  Violet  Lad  by 
Golden  Lad,  son  of  Golden  Eule;  Village  Lad, 
son  of  Village  Boy  by  Bapton  Sovereign;  Vic- 
tor's Baronet,  a  son  of  the  noted  Baronet  and 
others  of  like  ancestry.  These  show  the  line  of 
breeding  from  which  the  cows  come.  A 
straight-lined,  smooth  bull  heads  the  herd.  He 
has  sired  an  excellent  lot  of  calves  that  speak 
better  than  anything  else  could  both  for  him  and 
for  the  milking  qualities  of  the  cows. 

Joe  L.  Evans,  Holton. — There  are  about 
twenty-five  females  in  this  herd  and  they  are  sat- 
isfactory breeders  or  splendid  prospects  for 
such.  The  cows  are  suckling  well  and  produc- 
ing good  calves.  They  are  of  medium  size  and 
the  conditions  under  which  the  herd  is  being 
kept  have  been  such  that  they  will  respond  well 
to  liberal  farm  care  instead  of  going  down  as  is 
the  case  where  forcing  has  been  practiced.  Mr. 
Evans  is  working  a  gradual  betterment  in 
methods  of  handling  and  by  the  use  of  high-class 
bulls  he  will  be  able  to  keep  up  improvement  in 
the  cattle.  The  present  herd  bull  was  bred  by  J. 
W.  Dawdy  and  seems  to  be  a  success,  as  indi- 
cated by  the  calves. 

H.  J.  Haag,  Holton. — Mr.  Haag  has  set  out 
to  produce  a  good  Shorthorn  herd,  his  idea  be- 
ing to  correct  mistakes  he  may  make  by  avoid- 
ing them  in  the  future.  The  females  come  from 
Theo.  Olson  &  Sons  of  Leonardville.  Two  of 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  403 

these  are  by  Defender,  a  son  of  Barmpton 
Knight,  out  of  a  cow  by  Sir  Charming  4th.  The 
dam  of  these  cows  is  by  St.  Valentine  12th,  one 
of  the  sons  of  the  great  St.  Valentine,  and 
their  grandam  is  by  86th  Duke  of  Wildwood,  a 
son  of  the  noted  show  bull,  Golden  Victor.  An- 
other Defender  cow  comes  through  Athenian 
Coronet  4th  by  imp.  Bapton  Coronet  and  her 
dam  is  by  Prime  Minister  by  imp.  Prince  of 
Perth.  Both  Athenian  Coronet  4th  and  Prime 
Minister  were  well  known  in  Andrew  Pringle's 
herd.  The  bull  on  the  farm  at  the  time  of  my 
visit  was  not  up  to  the  desired  standard  but  he 
will  be  replaced  by  a  better  one  as  soon  as  a 
change  can  be  made.  Mr.  Haag  lives  near  Mr. 
Waynant  and  will  use  Superior  Rosedale  until 
he  secures  a  satisfactory  bull  of  his  own. 

J.  Mack,  Soldier. — Mr.  Mack  has  a  herd  of 
fifty-five  cows  and  he  has  been  breeding  for 
twelve  years.  His  original  purchase  was  made 
from  Henry  Haub  and  the  entire  herd  is  de- 
scended from  this  purchase.  The  method  of 
handling  has  been  to  grow  the  cattle  on  the  ordin- 
ary farm  feeds  without  effort  to  secure  extraor- 
dinary growth,  yet  to  make  conditions  such  as 
to  develop  fair  size.  Mr.  Mack  tells  me  that  the 
dry  cows  and  non-breeders  sent  to  market  have 
weighed  about  1400  pounds.  Bulls  have  been 
purchased  from  Knox  of  Missouri,  Merriam  of 
Topeka,  Brown  of  Onaga  and  Rolf  of  Whitmore. 


404  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

The  present  sire  is  Sunlight,  used  by  H.  S.  An- 
derson, a  ton  bull  and  a  good  breeder.  Local  de- 
mand has  taken  all  the  bulls  and  for  the  past  two 
seasons  the  heifer  calves  have  also  been  sold  at 
satisfactory  prices.  Mr.  Mack  is  inaugurating 
a  system  of  culling  out  and  improving  by  selec- 
tion but  the  general  plan  outlined  above  will  be 
carried  on.  He  expects  to  stay  in  the  business 
permanently. 

Arthur  Steward,  Mayetta. — I  found  Mr. 
Steward's  cattle  much  better  than  he  had  told 
me  they  were.  Among  the  twenty  cows  on  the 
farm  are  some  first-rate  ones  and  while  the 
herd,  as  a  whole,  is  not  up  to  the  high  standard 
he  desires,  his  is  one  of  the  most  hopeful  cases  I 
have  found.  Mr.  Steward  says  he  had  not  been 
using  good  enough  bulls  in  the  past  so  he.  went 
toTomson  Bros,  and  bought  one  and  while  I  did 
not  inspect  the  bull  closely,  he  impressed  me  as 
being  one  among  the  best  I  have  seen  recently. 
He  is  a  white  by  Village  Marshal.  His  dam  is  by 
the  Harding  bred  Sultan's  Commander  by 
Whitehall  Sultan  and  his  grandam  carries  a 
strong  infusion  of  Forbes'  Baron  Gloster.  The 
cows  are  from  standard  American  families  and 
are  nicely  Scotch  topped,  and  the  calves  from 
this  bull  will  undoubtedly  prove  very  desir- 
able. 

Mr.  Steward  has  plenty  of  pasture  and  alfalfa 
land  and  he  is  planning  to  cull  over  his  females 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  405 

and  add  a  few  to  his  best.    When  this  is  done 
he  will  have  a  toppy  Shorthorn  herd. 

E.  T.  Ralston,  Holton. — Twelve  years  ago  Mr. 
Ralston  bought  a  cow  of  Henry  Haub  and  from 
this  purchase  he  has  sold  $5000  worth  of  stock 
and  has  ten  cows  left.  He  gives  his  Shorthorns 
ordinary  farm  care,  using  them  to  produce  milk 
and  butter  and  to  raise  calves.  By  this  method 
he  can  not  raise  the  highest  type  of  beef  cattle 
but  he  is  producing  good,  profitable  farm  cattle 
that  solve  the  problem  of  keeping  cows  on  high 
priced  land  and  Mr.  Ralston 's  Shorthorns  are  of 
the  size  and  quality  of  many  others  where  no  at- 
tention is  paid  to  milking. 

Wm.  Wischmeier,  Mayetta. — Mr.  Wischmeier 
does  not  expect  to  produce  an  outstanding  herd 
but  he  is  confident  that  he  can  raise  good  farm 
cattle  by  way  of  the  Shorthorn  route.  His 
foundation  stock  came  from  the  herd  of  H.  C. 
Graner  in  Atchinson  county  which  carries  as- 
surance of  both  quality  and  breeding.  These 
cows  combine  the  blood  of  Modern  Scotchman, 
frequently  alluded  to  in  these  sketches  and  Sym- 
phony 's  Last,  a  'bull  of  great  worth  in  Mr. 
Graner's  herd.  The  herd  bull  comes  from  D. 
C.  VanMce,  is  out  of  a  good  cow  and  by  a  son 
of  True  Sultan. 

L.  A.  Trundle,  Holton.— Mr.  Trundle  has  de- 
cided that  he  can  not  afford  to  keep  the  common 
kind  of  cows  on  high  priced  land  and  even 


406  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

though  he  keeps  only  a  few  and  uses  them  to  pro- 
duce milk  and  butter  for  the  family,  they  had  as 
well  be  good  milking  Shorthorns.  He  plans  to 
stay  in  the  business,  using  the  Shorthorn  cows 
as  outlined  above,  and  expects  to  produce  pure 
bred  cattle  much  more  profitably  than  grades. 

JEFFERSON  COUNTY 
H.  E.  Huber,  Meriden. — "I  was  born  on  thi^s 
farm  and  have  lived  here  all  my  life  and  my  shoes 
have  seldom  been  free  from  Shorthorn  fertil- 
izer/' Mr.  Huber  told  me  not  long  ago.  In  1884, 
when  eighteen  years  old,  he  began  the  business 
on  his  own  account  and  he  now  has  a  herd  of 
nearly  sixty  females.  They  are  medium  in  size 
and  smooth,  with  quality.  The  young  stock  is 
well  fed,  better  than  in  the  past  and  as  a  result 
more  size  will  be  attained  in  the  future. 

The  show  ring  has  not  tempted  Mr.  Huber 
often  but  in  1918  and  again  in  1919  he  took  a  few 
head  to  Valley  Falls  and  both  years  won  the 
female  championship.  He  was  a  contributor  to 
the  Hiawatha  sale  in  1919  and  to  the  1919  Ameri- 
can Royal  sale.  Three  choicely  bred  cows  were 
added  to  the  herd  by  purchase  in  1919.  Several 
public  sales  have  been  held  in  these  thirty-five 
years  and  the  herd  has  become  well  known 
through  a  large  part  of  the  state. 

There  are  cows  in  the  herd  that  in  point  of 
merit  and  breeding  would  be  a  credit  almost 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  407 

anywhere.  Among-  these  are  Orange  Lass  by 
Fair  Acres  Stamp,  a  son  of  the  noted  sire  Pair 
Acres  Sultan  out  of  Orange  Blossom  36th  108985. 
Her  dam  is  by  Bapton  Valentine,  a  son  of  imp. 
Bapton  Arrow,  the  outstanding  bull  owned  by 
W.  R.  Nelson  and  later  by  W.  A.  Forsythe  &  Son. 
Butterfly  Lady  is  by  a  son  of  Crusader,  one  of 
the  best  sons  of  Barmpton  Knight  and  her  dam 
is  by  Butterfly  Goods  by  Silk  Goods.  Silk  Goods 
Violet,  a  four-year-old,  is  by  Silk  Goods  and  out 
of  Lord  Marr's  Violet  by  Lord  Marr,  the  son  of 
Lord  Mayor  and  imp.  Marigold  50th,  second  dam 
Scottish  Violet  4th  by  Golden  Lad,  a  son  of  Rob- 
ert Miller's  Golden  Rule. 

About  twenty  years  ago,  Golden  Crown  by 
Golden  Victor  Jr.,  later  used  extensively  by  H. 
M.  Hill,  was  in  service.  The  dam  of  Golden 
Crown  was  9th  Butterfly  of  Valley  Grove  by 
Lord  Mayor.  The  Sultan  227277  came  from 
P.  L.  Hackler  and  had  for  sire  imp.  Day- 
dreams Pride.  His  dam  was  by  Lord  Thistle,  a 
well  known  Mastin  bred  son  of  Baron  Ury.  Silk 
Goods  is  the  bull  most  heard  of  now  in  connec- 
tion with  Mr.  Huberts  herd.  He  was  bred  by  Col. 
Casey  and  is  nearly  fourteen  years  old.  Alex 
Praser  bought  him  as  a  yearling  at  Tebo  Lawn 
and  after  siring  a  magnificent  lot  of  roan  heifers 
he  was  sold  by  Mrs.  Fraser  in  the  1910  sale.  He 
is  of  royal  descent,  being  by  Choice  Goods  out 
of  Lassie  of  Tebo  Lawn  by  Duke  of  Oakland  2d, 


408  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

second  dam  Golden  Lassie  b/  Gaveston  out  of 
imp.  Golden  Hair.  Proud  Sultan,  a  Tomson  bred 
son  of  Beaver  Greek  Sultan,  was  used  for  two 
seasons  and  excellent  results  were  secured  from 
him.  Kecently  Mr.  Huber  has  gratified  his  am- 
bition to  own  an  imported  bull  and  the  white, 
Imperator,  was  purchased.  He  is  a  big,  smooth, 
stretchy  yearling  that  looks  like  the  making  of  a 
first-class  sire. 

Mitchell  Bros.,  Valley  Falls.— The  sixty  fe- 
males in  the  Mitchell  herd  range  in  size  from 
medium  to  large.  It  is  the  intention  of  the 
proprietors  to  improve  conditions  in  order  to 
secure  better  development  each  succeeding  s*/a- 
s-m.  The  start  was  made  in  1914  by  purchases 
from  II.  E.  Huber  and  other  local  breeders. 

In  looking  over  the  pedigrees  I  found  an  unus- 
ual number  of  noted  bulls  appearing  in  the  top 
crosses.  Among  them  were  Barmpton  Knight, 
one  of  the  best  ever  used  in  the  Tomson 
herd ;  My  Lord  out  of  imp.  Lady  of  the  Meadow  ; 
Mellowhide  by  Mr.  Hanna's  Prince  Royal  out 
of  a  dam  by  Captain  Archer,  own  brother  to 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  International  grand 
champion  in  1919 ;  Silk  Goods,  excellent  son  of 
the  champion,  Choice  Goods,  now  at  twelve  years 
doing  service  for  H.  E.  Huber;  Falsetto,  the  out- 
standing sire  in  Alex  Eraser's  herd  where  his 
get  from  Bates  bred  cows  looked  like  real  Cruick- 
shanks;  Modern  Scotchman,  used  with  great 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  409 

profit  by  John  McCoy  and  next  to  Collynie's 
Pride  one  of  his  best  bulls ;  Sir  Knight  by  Golden 
Knight  out  of  imp.  Sorrel  by  Roan  Gauntlet; 
imp.  Thistletop,  a  great  sire  in  the  Babst  and 
Tomson  herds;  imp.  Salamis,  the  Cruickshank 
bull  used  by  C.  C.  Norton;  Crown  Prince  of 
Lawndale,  the  Bates  Scotch  son  of  Prince  Royal, 
son  of  imp.  Craven  Knight  and  imp.  Princess 
Alice  and  many  others  of  high  rank. 

It  is  only  natural  that  a  herd  built  on  this 
kind  of  foundation  should  possess  individual 
merit  which  will  be  transmitted  with  reasonable 
certainty.  Kansas  Girl  by  a  son  of  Victor  Arch- 
er is  one  of  the  best  cows  in  the  herd.  She  has 
a  number  of  desirable  heifers  on  the  farm  and 
her  dam  is  still  an  excellent  producer.  It  is  a 
real  pity  that  more  attention  has  not  been  given 
to  the  production  of  such  cows  as  Empress  of 
Oxford  4th,  the  Fraser  bred  daughter  of  Fal- 
setto. She  is  large  and  is  a  good  looker  as  a  beef 
cow,  she  is  a  great  breeder,  a  heavy  milker,  and 
is  the  dam  of  the  best  and  highest  priced  bull  sold 
in  the  Jefferson  County  Breeders  Sale  in  1919. 
A  herd  like  Empress  of  Oxford  4th  would  enrich 
any  owner  who  gave  his  cattle  care.  Her  heifers 
are  staying  in  the  herd. 

The  Mitchells  have  recently  bought  a  first- 
class  bull  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. Matchless  Dale,  the  superb  sire  of  show 
steers  and  Bessie's  Pride,  an  outstanding  beef 


410  A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

cow  with  a  milk  record  of  more  than  8000 
pounds,  are  sire  and  dam  of  the  young  bull  that 
should  be  able  to  qualify  for  blue  ribbons  any- 
where. Not  only  should  he  show  well,  but  he 
should  sire  bulls  and  heifers  that  will  carry 
along  the  greatest  features  of  the  breed,  first- 
class  beef  cattle  and  cows  that  are  heavy  milkers. 

Dr.  M.  F.  Marks,  Valley  Falls.— Dr.  Marks 
has  been  in  the  Shorthorn  business  for  ten  years. 
He  has  twro  distinct  objects  in  view,  uniformity 
in  type  and  color  and  the  maintainance  of 
milking  quality.  The  color  is  dark  red  and  the 
type  is  that  of  the  Shorthorn  cow  of  medium  size, 
straight  lines  and  a  good  development  of  udder. 
His  herd  is  quite  true  to  the  standards  he  has  set 
and  consists  of  about  fifty  females. 

The  original  purchases  were  made  from  local 
breeders,  principally  from  E.  Kaufman  and  J. 
J.  Freeland  and  the  bulls  used  have,  in  the  main, 
come  from  good  herds  and  have  represented  good 
breeding.  Two  of  the  best  sires  in  use  were 
Scotchman  331565  and  Choice  Lancaster  364763, 
the  latter  bred  by  C.  H.  White  and  sired  by  his 
show  bull,  Richelieu,  an  American  Royal -prize 
winner  and  a  son  of  The  Choice  of  All.  The  cows 
by  these  two  bulls  indicate  they  were  satisfactory 
breeders.  Double  Diamond  by  Diamond  Goods, 
dam  by  Diamond  Goods,  has  left  some  nice  young- 
things  that  are  especially  pleasing  in  head,  neck 
and  horn.  The  present  herd  bull  is  Clipper  Dale 


A   HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  411 

652047  bred  by  Thos.  Stanton  of  Illinois.  His 
sire  is  Sittyton  Sultan's  Dale  by  Avondale  out  of 
a  Whitehall  Sultan  cow.  His  dam  is  by  Archer's 
Hope  by  Nonpareil  Archer  236802  out  of  Sosa 
Hope  16th  by  Royal  Prince. 

John  W.  Sherwood,  Dunavant* — It  is  a  real 
inspiration  to  look  over  the  big,  smooth,  elegant- 
ly finished  cows  on  this  farm.  The  foundation 
was  bought  at  the  Fraser  sale  in  1911  and  it  was 
an  excellent  offering.  Under  Mr.  Sherwood's 
care  the  cattle  have  gained,  it  seems  to  me,  and 
I  shall  credit  this  fact  to  his  accidental  purchase 
of  a  high-class  bull.  Nonpareil  Avondale,  a  son 
of  Avondale,  was  a  red  of  1906  and  as  an  aged 
bull  he  virtually  made  the  Sherwood  herd  what 
it  is.  Notwithstanding  this,  he  cost  less  than  a 
cheap  bull  would  now. 

There  are  nineteen  females  in  this  herd.  Good 
care  is  given  and  natural  conditions  favor  devel- 
opment. Empress  of  Oxford  3d,  a  daughter  of 
Falsetto,  the  great  sire  in  the  Fraser  herd,  and 
representing  on  her  dam's  side  the  highest-class 
families  of  cattle  of  any  breed  in  the  world's  his- 
tory and  on  her  sire's  sides  the  best  lines  of  mod- 
ern Scotch  Shorthorns,  is  still  producing  excel- 
lent calves.  Her  daughter,  Little  Empress  by 
Nonpareil  Avondale,  is  also  an  outstanding  cow. 
While  the  bull  now  used  is  a  good  one,  yet  in  com- 
parison with  his  predecessor  he  can  not  be 

*       Telephone,  Winchester. 


412  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

seriously  considered ;  still  this  is  not  a  reflection 
on  him.  He  was  the  first  prize  bull  at  the  show 
held  in  connection  with  a  sale  in  Jefferson 
country  and  he  topped  the  sale,  an  honor  which 
was  very  worthily  bestowed. 

John  A.  Yost,  Perry. — Mr.  Yost  is  building  up 
a  herd  from  a  small  start  made  three  years  ago. 
Two  of  his  good  cows  are  Kate's  Pride  9th  and 
Wildeyes.  Kate's  Pride  9th  is  by  Baronet  of 
Maine  Valley  bred  by  Chandler  Jordan,  the 
breeder  of  Mr.  Saunder's  great  bull,  Cumber- 
land. Wildeyes  is  by  Scotchman's  Model  and 
her  dam  is  from  the  Eraser  herd  and  by  Falsetto. 
The  herd  bull  is  Golden  Orange  738541. 

JOHNSON  COUNTY 

Andy  J.  James  &  Sons,  Lenexa.* — Some  years 
ago  I  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Col.  James  and 
since  that  time  I  had  thought  of  him  as  a  suc- 
cessful auctioneer  with  a  leaning  toward  farm 
life  and  Shorthorns.  This  opinion  was  true  in  a 
very  small  sense  only.  It  was  my  pleasure  to  be 
the  guest  of  Col.  and  Mrs.  James  and  to  get  an 
insight  into  farming  and  farm  life  within  view  of 
a  big  city.  Picture  a  400  acre  farm  of  the  very 
choicest  land,  in  a  rich  part  of  Kansas,  the  com- 
mercial value  of  which  is  easily  $300  per  acre, 
every  acre  of  which  will  grow  alfalfa  or  great 

One  and  one-half  miles  from  Overland  Park  on  Strang   (inter- 
urban)   Line. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 


413 


blue  grass.  It  lies  four  and  one-half  miles  from 
the  corporate  limits  of  Kansas  City  and  about 
ten  miles  from  the  Union  depot.  To  me,  this 
farm  of  rolling  land  and  rich  valleys  was  rest- 


COL.  ANDY  J.  JAMES 

ful  almost  beyond  comparison.  This  is  Meadow- 
brook  Stock  Farm. 

The  James  family  consists  of  two  grown  sons 
and  one  daughter.  The  sons  are  not  only  splendid 
specimens  of  manhood  but  they  promise  to  de- 
velop into  real  Shorthorn  breeders.  Both  Col. 
and  Mrs.  James  are  in  the  prime  of  life  and  to 
be  a  guest  in  their  home  is  a  real  pleasure. 

But  this  is  to  be  the  story  of  Shorthorns  on  the 
farm.  The  cattle  are  a  worthy  lot  and  are  going  to 


414  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

be  better  in  the  near  future.  The  herd  was  estab- 
lished twenty-one  years  ago,  but  the  present  herd 
comes  from  purchases  made  from  Alex  Eraser, 
representing  Prince  Royal  2d,  Falsetto  and  Silk 
Goods,  on  the  great  foundation  of  cows,  nearly 
all  coming  from  George  Allen.  A  later  addition 
to  the  herd  was  a  lot  of  cows  bought  from  Adams 
and  Grant  that  were  sired  by  the  excellent  bull, 
Kingdom  Come.  This  bull  was  a  son  of  Fair 
Goods,  out  of  a  daughter  of  the  noted  Young 
Nominee.  There  were  also  added  some  cows  by 
Villager  Valentine,  a  good  son  of  the  great  Vil- 
lager and  a  few  by  Baron  Marr  and  Lord  Banff 
2d  came  from  the  H.  E.  Hayes  herd.  Recently 
there  have  been  purchased  a  few  daughters  of 
Prince  Valentine  4th,  recognized  as  one  of  the 
best  bulls  in  the  state. 

Good  bulls  have  been  consistently  used.  A  Mc- 
Dermott  bred  son  of  Fair  Goods,  one  from  Bro- 
naugh  by  Clara's  Choice  and  a  nice,  smooth  roan 
now  in  use  coming  from  Fleming  Bros,  were 
all  of  choice  breeding.  The  herd  has  num- 
bered a  hundred  head  but  recent  sales  have 
reduced  it  to  less  than  one-half  that  number. 
Col.  James  is  planning  additions  by  purchase 
shortly  and  these  are  to  be  strictly  high-class  rep- 
resentatives of  the  breed. 

A  suitable  bull  to  head  such  a  herd  is  already 
on  the  farm.  He  is  a  roan  of  September  1918 
and  bred  by  F.  A.  Gillespie  &  Sons.  His  sire, 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  415 

Roan  Lord  sold  for  $10000  at  the  Gillespie  dis- 
persion and  was  considered  by  many  the  most 
valuable  bull  in  the  sale.  He  is  by  the  noted  Car- 
penter &  Ross  sire,  Maxwalton  Revolution  and 
out  of  Maxwalton  Roan  Lady,  the  greatest  cow 
of  her  day  in  America.  I  saw  this  year- 
ling bull  as  a  ten-month-old  calf.  He  was 
very  massive  and  though  not  at  all  in  high 
flesh  he  weighed  814  pounds  and  impressed  me 
as  one  of  the  very  best  herd  bull  prospects  I  have 
seen.  As  much  as  a  bull  calf  could  suggest  resem- 
blance to  a  cow,  he  recalls  Maxwalton  Roan 
Lady  with  her  almost  incomparable  wealth  of 
real  meat  and  fine  finish.  It  seems  safe  to  pre- 
dict that  this  young  fellow,  having  his  great  an- 
cestry and  his  individual  merit,  could  hardly  fail 
to  become  a  good  sire. 

Frank  X.  Kelly,  Gardner.* — Mr.  Kelly  suc- 
ceeded Kelly  Bros,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known 
breeders  in  eastern  Kansas.  It  is  his  aim  to  work 
a  constant  improvement  and  he  is  rapidly  get- 
ting together  a  Shorthorn  herd  worthy  of  his 
best  efforts.  The  first  public  sale  was  held  at 
Ottawa  June  6,  1919  when  fifty  head  sold  at  an 
average  of  about  $300.  A  notable  feature  of  this 
sale  was  the  very  liberal  support  given  by  the 
Johnson  county  neighborhood. 

In  general  the  original  purchase  of  females 
did  not  differ  materially  from  those  found  in 


Three-quarters  mile  west  of  Clare  station  on  Santa  Fe. 


416  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

other  herds  in  Johnson  county.  It  consisted 
of  good  reliable  cattle  carrying  in  the  top  crosses 
the  best  blood  of  the  breed  as  introduced  by  Col. 
Harris,  H.  E.  Hayes,  C.  F.  Wolf  and  others. 
This  brought  in  the  blood  of  imp.  Lord  Banff, 
Young  Abbotsburn,  Violet  Knight,  imp.  Col- 
lynie,  Kinnellar,  Sir  Charming  4th,  British  Lion, 
Peculated  Wild  Eyes,  Lord  Champion  and  Bar- 
on Sussex  and  was  surely  a  foundation  good 
enough  for  any  future  operations.  Besides  these 
cows,  a  number  of  which  are  still  on  the  farm, 
additions  have  been  made  by  purchase  that 
should  put  Mr.  Kelly  in  a  leading  position  as  a 
breeder. 

At  Park  E.  Salter's  1919  Wichita  sale,  the 
Kellys  bought  the  elegant  roan  yearling,  Laven- 
der 48th  for  $2000.  This  was  doubtless  the  best 
heifer  in  the  sale  and  her  sire,  Rosewood  Dale,  is 
the  well  known  son  of  Avondale  now  owned  by 
John  B.  Potter.  Her  dam  is  the  Edwards,  Can- 
ada bred  Lavender  Leaf  by  Prince  of  Orange, 
second  dam,  by  imp.  Cyclone,  by  Star  of  Destiny, 
a  son  of  Star  of  Morning.  They  also  bought  two 
other  strictly  high-class  young  cows,  both  bred 
to  the  $10000  2d  Fair  Acres  Sultan.  One  is  by 
the  Grerlaugh  bred  Morning  Plash.  Her  dam, 
Missie  May  by  Pride  of  Morning,  is  out  of  imp. 
Missie  139th.  With  this  cow  was  secured  a  roan 
heifer  calf  by  Overlook  Flash. 

It  takes  a  high-class  bull  to  head  a  good  cow 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  417 

herd  and  in  Lavender  Stamp  Mr.  Kelly  has  such 
a  one.  He  has  plenty  of  size,  is  very  straight- 
lined,  smooth  and  well  fleshed  and  stands  close 
to  the  ground.  His  head  and  neck  are  almost 
ideal  and  he  makes  a  fine  impression  at  first 
sight.  The  best  imported  bull  in  the  Salter-Rob- 
ison  1920  sale  was  Kinochtry  Ensign.  This  bull 
was  secured  by  Mr.  Kelly  and  will  be  used  on  the 
Lavender  Stamp  heifers.  He  was  bred  by  J.  P. 
Sym.  His  sire  is  Kingston  of  Edgecote  and  his 
dam  is  an  excellent  cow  by  the  famous  Collynie 
Cupbearer.  He  is  large  for  his  age,  is  very  strong 
in  the  back  and  has  an  elegant  coat  of  hair. 

The  objective  in  Mr.  Kelly's  operations  is  to 
produce  cattle  of  good  size,  but  not  extremely 
large,  that  are  typical  Shorthorns  in  appearance 
as  well  as  in  the  most  valuable  characteristics  of 
the  breed. 

Murdoch  Bros.,  Edgerton. — These  men  im- 
pressed me  very  much  as  being  what  is  usually 
termed  coming  breeders.  Their  local  conditions 
favor  the  production  of  cattle  and  I  saw  the 
evidence  of  their  ability  in  a  herd  of  grade 
Shorthorns,  better  in  size  and  quality  than  many 
pure  breds.  They  have  unbounded  enthusiasm 
and,  with  their  previous  successful  experience, 
will,  no  doubt,  be  able  to  put  up  an  excellent 
Shorthorn  herd.  The  foundation  which  consists 
of  a  half-dozen  females  and  a  bull  was  wisely  laid 
and  makes  a  favorable  impression  on  the  visitor. 


418  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

In  the  herd  is  a  nice  roan  cow,  Winsome,  bred 
by  and  bought  of  C.  H.  White  of  Burlington. 
Her  sire  is  Harding,  a  son  of  imp.  Collynie,  out 
of  Sittyton  Sarcasm  3d  by  imp.  Bapton  Magnet. 
Her  dam  is  by  imp.  Conqueror  and  her  second 
dam  is  by  the  grand  champion,  Viscount  of  An- 
oka.  On  the  farm  is  also  a  yearling  heifer  out 
of  this  cow  by  Happy  Choice  that  is  quite  attrac- 
tive and  promising.  Another  good  one  is  V. 
V.  Orange  Blossom  by  Sultan  Champion,  a  son 
of  the  well  known  Whitehall  Sultan  bull,  Sultan 
Mine.  Her  dam  is  by  a  son  of  Avondale  out  of  a 
daughter  of  Archer's  Sunray.  Fair  Acres  Sul- 
tan, one  of  the  most  popular  bulls  of  the  breed, 
comes  into  the  herd  through  Violet  Queen,  a 
daughter  of  Regal  Sultan.  This  heifer  gives 
every  promise  of  developing  well  and  her  splen- 
did ancestry  should  make  her  a  valuable  breed- 
ing proposition.  Violet  Princess,  by  Choice 
Knight,  a  son  of  Good  Knight  and  imp.  Honey- 
flower  2d  and  out  of  a  dam  by  Good  Knight,  com- 
pletes the  list  of  females  with  which  Murdoch 
Bros,  made  their  start. 

The  bull  being  used  is  by  Maxwalton  Rose- 
dale,  a  son  of  Avondale  and  imp.  Rosewood 
Pride.  His  dam  is  by  Gallant  Knight,  sire  of 
dozens  of  prize  winners  at  the  big  shows.  His 
second  dam  is  imp.  Clara  59th  by  Princely 
Victor.  This  bull  is  a  big  one  with  a  deep,  thickly 
covered  body.  He  is  much  the  type  of  Whitehall 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  419 

Rosedale,  a  full  brother  to  his  sire  and  for  three 
years  grand  champion  at  leading  western  state 
fairs  and  the  American  Royal.  Murdoch  Bros. 
figure  rightly  that  it  is  better  to  pay  out  a 
little  more  money  at  the  first  in  order  to  begin 
with  good  Shorthorns  than  to  buy  a  cheap 
lot  and  gradually  improve.  They  were  fortunate 
in  securing  a  nice  lot  of  heifer  calves  which  gives 
them  a  good  start  toward  putting  up  a  real  herd. 

C.  S.  Catlin  &  Son,  Olathe.— This  herd  of  cows 
impressed  me  very  favorably.  They  are  large  and 
smooth,  close  to  the  ground  and  thick-fleshed. 
Their  breeding  is  of  the  kind  that  has  produced 
so  many  excellent  cattle,  a  crossing  of  choice 
Bates  cows  with  thick  Scotch  bulls.  The  herd  is 
largely  descended  from  one  cow,  Kirklevington 
Duchess  of  L.  Her  sire  and  dam  were  both  bred 
by  Geo.  Allen  &  Sons  and  her  grandam  was  imp. 
Kirklevington  Lady  by  the  famous  2d  Duke  of 
Weatherby.  Winsome  Magnet  6th,  one  of  the 
best  cows,  is  by  Matchless  Avon  by  Matchless 
Dale,  the  great  son  of  Avondale,  that  at  thirteen 
years  old  is  still  siring  valuable  cattle  at 
the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College.  The 
dam  of  this  cow  was  by  Roan  Choice  a  son  of  C. 
J.  Wood's  prize  winning  Roan  Hero.  Winsome 
Magnet  is  a  Matchless  Dale  type  and  the  other 
cows  in  the  herd  are  very  similar  to  her  in  con- 
formation. 

The  bull  is  a  big,  straight,  thick  fellow,  not  a 


420  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

show  bull,  but  one  of  the  kind  that  usually  gives 
proper  account  of  himself  as  a  breeder.  His 
calves  are  all  that  could  be  desired.  He  is  by 
Reporter,  one  of  the  well  known  and  excellent 
Polled  Shorthorn  bulls.  The  Catlins  have  a' 
single  object  in  view  and  that  is  the  production 
of  first-class  Shorthorns.  The  herd  receives 
good  feed  and  good  care,  the  owners  doing  the 
rustling  instead  of  allowing  the  cattle  to  do  it. 

Dr.  W.  C.  Harkey,  Lenexa. — Dr.  Harkey 
comes  before  the  reader  with  a  reputation  as  one 
of  the  best  feeders  in  Johnson  county  and,  having 
a  good  lot  of  breeding  stock,  it  is  needless  to 
say  that  the  herd  is  good.  He  has  been  raising 
pure  breds  for  nine  years  and  has  been  using 
pure  bred  bulls  on  a  high  grade  herd  for  thirty 
years.  His  cows  came  from  Alex  Fraser,  E. 
Ogden  &  Son,  T.  J.  Sands,  the  Bronaughs  and 
Col.  Andy  James.  Dr.  Harkey  was  not  a  man 
who  would  deliberately  buy  any  inferior  animals 
and  as  these  are  all  creditable  herds  it  is  evident 
that  a  start  was  made  with  desirable  females. 

The  other  half  of  the  herd  on  the  Harkey  farm, 
the  bull,  is  good.  He  is  Realm's  Count  2d,  a 
Leonard  bred  son  of  Wooddale  Stamp.  His  dam 
is  a  daughter  of  the  International  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount,  and  she  is  one  of  the  Leon- 
ard Fancy  of  Ardmore  cows.  Realm's  Count  2d 
won  first  prize  and  was  made  grand  champion 
bull  at  the  1917  Central  Show,  his  full  brother 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  421 

having  won  the  same  honor  in  1919.  This  bull  is 
exceptionally  low  down,  deep-bodied,  thick- 
fleshed,  good  in  general  conformation  and  quite 
pleasing  in  appearance.  In  Dr.  Harkey's  judg- 
ment, based  on  early  results,  he  will  be  very  satis- 
factory as  a  sire.  The  Harkey  caitle  are  kept  in 
a  locality  where  blue  grass  grows  at  its  best  and 
supplies  succulent  feed  the  greater  part  of  the 
year. 

W.  F.  Kerr,  Olathe. — Mr.  Kerr  is  a  new  breed- 
er who  has  made  a  beginning  with  the  right 
kind  of  stock  and  who  by  reason  of  environment 
will  be  able  to  make  a  success  of  Shorthorns.  One 
of  his  best  purchases  is  the  massive  roan  cow, 
Queen  Lil,  that  weighs  about  1800  pounds  in 
breeding  condition.  She  is  wide,  smooth  and 
deep  and  carries  finish  from  end  to  end. 
Her  sire  was  by  Lord  Banff  2d  out  of  a  daughter 
of  Aberdeen  Chief  and  her  dam  was  by  a  son  of 
the  excellent  bull,  Albion,  by  Valley  Champion. 
The  man  who  is  looking  for  real  merit  in  an- 
cestry should  be  pleased  with  this  pedigree.  An- 
other foundation  cow  is  Joan  2d,  also  by  a  son 
of  Lord  Banff  2d.  Her  dam  comes  through 
such  noted  Shorthorns  as  Young  Abbotsburn, 
the  grand  champion  show  bull  of  America  and 
the  well  known  Harris  bred  Lady  Athelstone  of 
Linwood.  The  bulls  whose  blood  enters  into  the 
herd  along  with  those  mentioned  above,  are  Har- 
riman  Bros.'  New  Goods;  the  well  known 


422  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

Headlight  by  Grand  Victor  4th ;  imp.  Daydreams 
Pride ;  imp.  Thistletop ;  Lord  Mayor  and  others 
of  equal  merit  and  popularity.  The  herd  bull 
is  a  big  beefy  fellow  and  is  a  son  of  Queen  Lil, 
mentioned  above. 

Mr.  Kerr  is  located  conveniently  near  Olathe, 
in  a  locality  where  all  kinds  of  tame  grass  flour- 
ish and  where  Shorthorns  have  always  been  very 
approved. 

W.  D.  Lorimer,  Olathe. — Mr.  Lorimer  made 
his  purchases  from  herds  such  as  that  of  W.  A. 
Forsythe  &  Son,  Ogden  &  Son,  and  from  the 
good  local  herd  of  J.  A.  Lorimer.  Among  the 
foundation  stock  is  the  Leonard  bred  Dixie  G. 
by  Kosedale's  Choice  and  her  dam  by  Golden 
Crown  out  of  a  daughter  of  Lavender  Viscount, 
International  grand  champion.  Dixie  G.  would 
be  a  very  attractive  cow  in  any  herd.  One  among 
the  best  cows  is  Geneva  whose  sire  was  by  the 
excellent  Cumberland's  Last  bull,  Baron  Marr, 
and  her  dam  was  by  a  son  of  Prince  Pavonia. 
Others  in  the  herd  are  descended  in  the  top 
crosses  from  such  bulls  as  Godwin,  Good 
Choice  and  Giltspur's  Knight. 

Lethia's  Goods,  a  bull  used  for  some  time,  was 
strong  in  the  blood  of  White  Goods,  one  of  the 
best  sons  of  Choice  Goods.  He  also  carried  a 
strong  infusion  of  imp.  Merry  Hampton.  The 
present  herd  bull  is  an  exceptionally  even,  well 
proportioned  fellow  from  end  to  end.  While  his 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  423 

calves  are  not  old  enough  to  determine  what  he 
will  do  as  a  breeder,  they  are  quite  promising. 
On  his  sire's  side,  he  is  representative  of  Mr. 
Gentry's  Victorous  and  Leonard's  Lavender  Vis- 
count while  his  dam  is  by  the  show  bull,  Blythe 
Conqueror  and  out  of  imp.  Pavonia,  one  of  the 
best  imported  cows  ever  owned  in  eastern  Kan- 
sas. Mr.  Lorimer  is  secretary  of  the  Johnson 
County  Shorthorn  Calf  Club. 

Gallanaugh  Bros.,  Gardner. — It  sometimes 
happens  that  I  talk  with  a  young  breeder  and 
decide  almost  immediately  that  he  will  be  a  suc- 
cess. Such  was  the  case  when  I  visited  Gallan- 
augh Bros.  They  have  laid  a  good  foundation, 
drawn  from  reliable  sources  of  supply,  and  they 
intend  making  additions  by  purchase  and  devot- 
ing their  energies  toward  producing  real  Short- 
horns. The  females  carry  the  blood  of  strictly 
high-class  bulls  from  some  of  the  best  herds  in 
eastern  Kansas  and  with  their  good  breeding 
they  combine  individual  merit.  One  of  the 
cows  comes  from  Donhams.  Her  sire  is  a 
son  of  Prince  Pavonia,  favorably  known  in 
the  Nevius  herd,  and  her  dam  is  by  Giltspur's 
Knight.  This  line  of  breeding  is  recognized  in 
eastern  Kansas  as  having  produced  excellent 
results. 

Hoover's  Dale,  the  bull  in  service,  is  from  the 
well  known  herd  of  E.  S.  Stewart,  Sturgeon, 
Missouri.  His  sire,  Wooddale  Stamp,  is  one  of 


426  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

she  carries  the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie,  Choice 
Goods  and  Prince  Gloster,  three  of  America's 
greatest  bulls  and  through  Ingle  Prince,  her 
dam's  sire,  she  has  Prince  of  Collynie,  imp.  In- 
glewood  and  Royal  Knight.  It  would  be  strange 
if  she  were  not  good.  The  other  cows  are  of  sim- 
ilar breeding.  The  bulls  are  from  the  best  Polled 
herds,  the  present  sire,  Airdrie  Evergreen,  com- 
ing from  J.  H.  Walker. 

Rothwell  &  Sons,  Gardner. — Here  is  a  highly 
commendable  case  of  co-operation  between 
father  and  sons  and  they  are  all  in  earnest  about 
their  work.  Their  purchase  consists  of  one  cow, 
two  heifers  and  a  bull.  The  cow  was  bred  by 
Col,  Andy  J.  James  and  it  will  be  interesting 
to  know  that  she  was  bred  from  the  family  of 
cattle  that  were  at  one  time  the  highest  priced 
and  most  popular  in  the  world's  history.  With 
this  cow  they  secured  a  nice  heifer  calf  at  foot 
by  Lavender  Stamp.  The  bull  being  used  is  a 
thick  fellow  of  very  pleasing  appearance  and 
good  breeding.  He  comes  from  T.  J.  Sand's  herd 
and  is  by  Clansman  out  of  a  dam  by  Classical 
Sultan. 

A.  E.  Wedd,  Lenexa. — Mr.  Wedd  bought  a 
few  cows  from  Col.  Andy  J.  James  some  years 
ago.  They  came  to  Col.  James  from  the  Alex 
Fraser  herd  and  wherever  found  these  Fraser 
cows  have  been  good  breeders  an(l  good  milkers. 
Mr.  Wedd  is  using  a  bull  sired  by  the  Betteridge 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  427 

bred  Cicelie's  Model  out  of  a  dam  by  Braceful 
Conqueror,  a  son  of  imp.  Conqueror  and  imp. 
Bracelet.  There  is  no  way  to  get  better  cattle 
than  by  breeding  such  females  to  first-class 
bulls.  Mr.  Wedd  can,  if  he  puts  the  necessary 
care  and  feed  into  this  herd,  soon  have  a  lot  of 
cattle  of  which  any  man  would  feel  proud.  He 
is  located  in  a  community  of  Shorthorn  breeders 
where  co-operation  is  practiced. 

A.  L.  Wiswell,  Ocheltree.— Mr.  Wiswell  is  a 
new  man  in  the  Shorthorn  business,  but  he  is  full 
of  enthusiasm  for  the  work.  The  three  cows  he 
has  purchased  are  good  ones  and  are  intended  as 
a  foundation.  Cottonwood  Belle  is  by  Handsome 
Prince  by  a  son  of  Blythe  Pavonia  and  out  of  a 
dam  by  Graceful  Conqueror.  Golden  Nell  is  by 
Golden  Glow,  a  son  of  Andrew  Pringle's  Golden 
Prince,  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Thistletop.  Aga- 
tha's Fashion  is  one  of  Col.  Andy  J.  James' 
breeding,  her  ancestry  being  from  Alex  Fraser's 
herd  of  Scotch  cross  Bates  Shorthorns.  This 
cow  has  a  promising  yearling  heifer  by  Kelly 
Bros. '  Lavender  Stamp.  These  four  females  are 
of  exceptional  value  in  establishing  a  herd. 

Boyd  Lorimer,  Olathe. — Mr.  Lorimer,  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Johnson  county  Shorthorn  family, 
recently  bought  of  Kelly  Bros,  two  Shorthorn 
cows.  The  one  was  bred  by  Col.  Andy  J.  James 
and  is  by  one  of  his  good  bulls  and  out  of  a  cow 
from  the  Alex  Fraser  herd.  The  other  cow  came 


426  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

she  carries  the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie,  Choice 
Goods  and  Prince  Gloster,  three  of  America's 
greatest  bulls  and  through  Ingle  Prince,  her 
dam's  sire,  she  has  Prince  of  Collynie,  imp.  In- 
glewood  and  Royal  Knight.  It  would  be  strange 
if  she  were  not  good.  The  other  cows  are  of  sim- 
ilar breeding.  The  bulls  are  from  the  best  Polled 
herds,  the  present  sire,  Airdrie  Evergreen,  com- 
ing from  J.  H.  Walker. 

Rothwell  &  Sons,  Gardner. — Here  is  a  highly 
commendable  case  of  co-operation  between 
father  and  sons  and  they  are  all  in  earnest  about 
their  work.  Their  purchase  consists  of  one  cow, 
two  heifers  and  a  bull.  The  cow  was  bred  by 
Col,  Andy  J.  James  and  it  will  be  interesting 
to  know  that  she  was  bred  from  the  family  of 
cattle  that  were  at  one  time  the  highest  priced 
and  most  popular  in  the  world's  history.  With 
this  cow  they  secured  a  nice  heifer  calf  at  foot 
by  Lavender  Stamp.  The  bull  being  used  is  a 
thick  fellow  of  very  pleasing  appearance  and 
good  breeding.  He  comes  from  T.  J.  Sand's  herd 
and  is  by  Clansman  out  of  a  dam  by  Classical 
Sultan. 

A.  E.  Wedd,  Lenexa. — Mr.  Wedd  bought  a 
few  cows  from  Col.  Andy  J.  James  some  years 
ago.  They  came  to  Col.  James  from  the  Alex 
Eraser  herd  and  wherever  found  these  Eraser 
cows  have  been  good  breeders  an(l  good  milkers. 
Mr.  Wedd  is  using  a  bull  sired  by  the  Betteridge 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  427 

bred  Cicelie's  Model  out  of  a  dam  by  Braceful 
Conqueror,  a  son  of  imp.  Conqueror  and  imp. 
Bracelet.  There  is  no  way  to  get  better  cattle 
than  by  breeding  such  females  to  first-class 
bulls.  Mr.  Wedd  can,  if  he  puts  the  necessary 
care  and  feed  into  this  herd,  soon  have  a  lot  of 
cattle  of  which  any  man  would  feel  proud.  He 
is  located  in  a  community  of  Shorthorn  breeders 
where  co-operation  is  practiced. 

A.  L.  Wiswell,  Ocheltree. — Mr.  Wiswell  is  a 
new  man  in  the  Shorthorn  business,  but  he  is  full 
of  enthusiasm  for  the  work.  The  three  cows  lie 
has  purchased  are  good  ones  and  are  intended  as 
a  foundation.  Cottonwood  Belle  is  by  Handsome 
Prince  by  a  son  of  Blythe  Pavonia  and  out  of  a 
dam  by  Graceful  Conqueror.  Golden  Nell  is  by 
Golden  Glow,  a  son  of  Andrew  Pringle's  Golden 
Prince,  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Thistletop.  Aga- 
tha's Fashion  is  one  of  Col.  Andy  J.  James' 
breeding,  her  ancestry  being  from  Alex  Fraser's 
herd  of  Scotch  cross  Bates  Shorthorns.  This 
cow  has  a  promising  yearling  heifer  by  Kelly 
Bros. '  Lavender  Stamp.  These  four  females  are 
of  exceptional  value  in  establishing  a  herd. 

Boyd  Lorimer,  Olathe. — Mr.  Lorimer,  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Johnson  county  Shorthorn  family, 
recently  bought  of  Kelly  Bros,  two  Shorthorn 
cows.  The  one  was  bred  by  Col.  Andy  J.  James 
and  is  by  one  of  his  good  bulls  and  out  of  a  cow 
from  the  Alex  Fraser  herd.  The  other  cow  came 


428  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

from  the  J.  C.  Lorimer  herd,  which  has  been  a 
genuine  source  of  supply  for  the  territory 
north  of  Olathe.  The  breeding  represented 
here  is  the  best  Bates  foundation  crossed  with 
good  Scotch  bulls  and  this  has  produced  splendid 
results.  Mr.  Lorimer  is  using  Dean  Lorimer 's 
high-class  bull. 

J.  R.  Miller,  Gardner. — Mr.  Miller  is  the  first 
and  only  barber  I  have  found  who  owns  Short- 
horns and  takes  an  active  interest  in  them  and  I 
have  been  assured  that  he  is  a  good  Shorthorn 
man.  He  bought  five  heifers  of  Barrett  &  Land 
and  is  keeping  them  well  and  breeding  to  Kelly 
Bros.'  excellent  bull,  Lavender  Stamp.  This 
system  will  insure  better  results  and  the  buyers 
of  his  output  will  get  better  cattle  than  if  he 
kept  a  bull  of  medium  quality  as  many  small 
breeders  do,  and  the  cost  is  not  greater. 

Vint  Trusine,  Wellsville. — Mrs.  Trusine  is  a 
daughter  of  Mr.  Rhoads  and  the  small  herd  on 
the  Trusine  farm  came  from  her  fathers.  Mr. 
Trusine  intends  building  up  a  Shorthorn  herd 
and  staying  with  the  business.  The  cows  on  hand, 
bred  to  the  right  kind  of  bulls,  with  the  produce 
properly  grown  out,  will  make  a  very  satisfac- 
tory foundation  for  the  future  herd.  The  bull  in 
use  comes  from  John  Black  and  is  a  son  of 
Hampton  Serene.  The  location  is  favorable  for 
the  production  of  Shorthorns  and  local  market 
conditions  in  the  Ottawa  territory  are  good. 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  429 

H.  J.  Waddell,  Olathe.— Mr.  Waddell  has 
made  satisfactory  selections,  one  of  Ms  cows  be- 
ing by  Matchless  Avon,  a  son  of  the  noted  Kan- 
sas State  Agricultural  College  bull,  Matchless 
Dale,  one  of  the  most  renowned  sons  of  Avondale. 
On  her  dam's  side  she  combines  the  blood  of  imp. 
Princess  Lovely,  a  grandson  of  Mr.  Duthie's 
famous  Scottish  Archer  and  Senator  Benedict's 
well  known  Banker  4th.  Another  cow  is  by  King 
Gloster,  a  bull  of  T.  J.  Blake's  breeding  and  out 
of  a  cow  by  Prince  Pavonia,  one  of  Mr.  Nevius' 
best  herd  bulls.  The  herd  bull  comes  from  S.  B. 
Haskins  and  is  by  the  J.  H.  Walker  bred  Rube 
Evergreen. 

KINGMAN  COUNTY 

Bennington  Bros.,  Rago.* — Thirty-five  years 
ago,  C.  Bennington  began  breeding  Shorthorns 
in  Iowa.  Twelve  years  ago  he  came  with  his 
family  to  Kansas,  bringing  fourteen  cows  with 
him.  The  firm  was  known  as  C.  Bennington  & 
Sons  until  after  the  father's  death  which  oc- 
curred three  years  ago  when  it  became  Benning- 
ton Bros.  A  large  grade  herd  has  been  kept 
along  with  the  pure  bred  one,  but  the  Benning- 
tons  say  that  the  day  of  the  grade  cow  is  almost 
past  with  them  because  they  find  the  pure  bred 
much  more  profitable. 

Their  herd  is  descended  from  three  cows  which 


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430  A    HISTORY    OF  -SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

were  bought  in  Iowa  thirty-five  years  ago.  No 
effort  has  been  made  to  attain  the  highest  stand- 
ard, yet  practical  utility  has  always  been  insisted 
upon.  The  cows  are  of  good  size  and  are  quite 
uniform.  Since  well  bred  bulls  have  always  been 
used  the  herd  represents  desirable  breeding.  The 
men  from  whom  herd  bulls  have  been  obtained 
are  Chandler  Jordan,  Abe  Renick,  C.  C.  Bigler, 
M.  E.  Jones,  C.  S.  Nevius,  Howell  Rees  and  H. 
H.  Holmes.  Students  of  Shorthorn  affairs  will 
concede  that  bulls  coming  from  these  herds 
should  have  been  very  good  ones.  One  of  the 
best  used  was  Cherry  Grove  Banff  19th,  selected 
by  the  elder  Bennington  and  the  senior  member 
of  the  present  firm  as  the  best  young  bull  on  the 
M.  E.  Jones  farm.  He  was  almost  a  facsimile  of 
his  sire,  imp.  Lord  Banff,  and  proved  to  be  an 
outstanding  breeder. 

Two  bulls  are  now  being  used.  Fame's  Goods 
is  by  Ruberta  's  Goods  out  of  imp.  Princess  Fame 
and  he  carries  two  direct  crosses  near  the  top  of 
his  pedigree  to  Scottish  Archer,  Mr.  Duthie's 
greatest  sire.  Fame's  Goods  had  been  used  be- 
fore coming  to  Benningtons  and  has  an  estab- 
lished reputation  as  a  breeder.  The  other  is 
Choice  Echo,  a  big  white,  by  New  Echo,  a  son  of 
New  Goods  and  his  dam  was  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Ethel,  the  very  excellent  cow  that  went  from  Geo. 
Bothwell  's  to  Harriman  Bros. '  herd.  Both  these 
bulls  are  tried  sires  of  merit  and,  with  their  use 


A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS  431 

and  some  proposed  changes  in  handling,  an  ex- 
cellent herd  should  be  built  up  here. 

J.  F.  Birkenbaugh,  Basil.*— Though  founded 
in  1916  and  now  consisting  of  only  twelve  fe- 
males, this  herd  is  worthy  of  much  consideration. 
The  cows  are  medium  to  large  and  the  young 
stock  is  fed  for  splendid  development.    The  an- 
cestry of  the  foundation  cows  was  of  the  better 
class  and  the  bulls  used  should  insure  constant 
improvement,      Lady    Barmpton   is    by    Satin 
Royal,  a  son  of  Captain  Archer,  own  brother  to 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie, 
1919    International    grand    champion.      Satin 
Royal's  dam  was  Mr.  Stodder's  famous  show 
cow,  Innocence,  by  imp.  Bapton  Arrow,  one  of 
the  best  bulls  in  the  West,  making  him  a  full 
brother  to  Crystal  Maid,  leading  Kansas  show 
cow  for  three  years.  Silver  Beauty  comes  from 
Mr.  Stodder  and  is  by  Silvermine,  a  bull  known 
all  over  southern  Kansas  for  the  excellence  of  his 
get  and  his  wealth  of   good  ancestry.     Silver 
Beauty's  dam  is  by  Prince  Pavonia,  one  of  the 
state's  best  bulls.     Secret  Thought  is  by  Banff 
Boy,  a  grandson  of  imp.  Lord  Banff,  leading 
show  bull  in  America  and  the  first  Scotch  bull  to 
sell  for  more  than  $5000.  Pollyanna  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Choice  Archer,  a  son  of  Captain  Archer 
(see  above)  out  of  a  granddaughter  of  Choice 
Goods,  American  champion  for  three  years. 


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432  A    HISTORY    OF    SHORTHORNS    IN    KANSAS 

The  first  sire  used  was  Ozark  Sultan.  He 
was  by  a  son  of  Princely  Sultan  by  Whitehall 
Sultan,  greatest  American  bull  of  this  gener- 
ation. The  roan,  Village  Emblem,  is  now  in 
service.  He  is  by  imp.  Proud  Emblem  Jr.  whose 
sire,  Proud  Emblem,  is  one  of  Great  Britain's 
most  popular  sires.  Village  Emblem's  dam  is 
by  the  great  sire,  imp.  Villager,  out  of  Butter- 
fly Maid,  a  daughter  of  Jubilee  Maid.  Mr.  Birk- 
enbaugh  is  pursuing  the  right  course  in  selection 
and  in  the  care  of  his  herd,  which  bids  fair  to 
become  one  of  the  leading  ones  of  south  central 
Kansas. 

George  W.  Allen,  Norwich. — Mr.  Allen's  cows 
are  of  medium  size  and  come  from  excellent  an- 
cestry. The  young  stock  is  well  cared  for  and 
with  the  use  of  good  bulls  a  first-class  herd  will 
be  built  up.  The  original  purchases  of  cows 
made  two  years  ago  were  strong  in  the  blood  of 
imp.  Collynie  and  to  use  on  these  cows  Mayor 
Alcott  618504  was  secured.  He  was  by  Mayor 
Dale,  a  son  of  Maxwalton  Rosedale  by  Avondale 
out  of  the  famous  cow,  imp.  Rosewood  Pride. 
Mayor  Dale 's  dam  was  by  Prime  Minister  of  the 
same  breeding  as  the  champion,  Lavender  Vis- 
count. The  bull  now  used  is  by  Mr.  Hanna's 
Hampton  Spray  out  of  Golden  Queen  3d,  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Collynie  and  imp.  Golden 
Queen,  one  of  the  best  lines  of  Shorthorn  breed- 
ing to  be  found. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  433 

LABETTE  COUNTY 

L.  M.  Dunaway,  Edna. — Mr.  Dunaway  has 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  a  dozen  years  and 
in  this  time  he  has  sold  large  numbers  of  cattle  to 
his  neighbors.  His  persistent  disposition  to  sell 
has  resulted  in  the  herd's  being  cut  down  to 
twenty  females,  but  he  has  certainly  done  his 
share  toward  popularizing  the  breed  in  his  local- 
ity. He  has  even  started  a  bright,  ten-year-old 
grandson  in  business  by  selling  him  three  heifers. 
The  boy  is  a  Shorthorn  enthusiast  and  talks  cat- 
tle like  a  veteran. 

Mr.  Duna way's  cows  impressed  me  as  smooth, 
even,  attractive,  medium-sized  ones  and  showed 
a  very  decided  tendency  to  give  much  milk,  milk- 
ing quality  having  been  specially  developed  since 
the  herd  was  founded.  He  has  been  using  good 
bulls  and  the  appearance  of  the  herd  indicates 
sensible,  practical  care.  The  present  herd  bull  is 
Sycamore  Marshall,  a  Stunkel  bred  son  of  Or- 
ange Marshall  out  of  a  Victor  Orange  cow,  thus 
giving  him  a  double  cross  of  Victor  Orange,  one 
of  the  bulls  that  helped  make  Shorthorn  history 
in  the  Southwest.  Sycamore  Marshall  can  hardly 
help  adding  to  the  value  of  the  herd.  The  work 
Mr.  Dunaway  is  doing  is  an  important  one  and 
such  a  herd  as  his,  developed  for  beef  and  milk, 
with  good  Shorthorn  character  and  attractive- 
ness, grown  on  the  ordinary  feeds  of  the  farm 


434  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

is  an  object  lesson  to  the  people  of  any  commun- 
ity. 

D.  S.  Romine,  Oswego. — When  in  company 
with  P.  B.  Campbell  and  O.  O.  Massa  I  drove  to 
Mr.  Romine 's  home,  I  involuntarily  recalled  Mr. 
Sanders'  description  of  the  Shorthorn  country 
in  England,  for  nowhere  else  in  southern  Kansas 
have  I  seen  such  grass  as  on  the  large  lawn.  In 
the  pasture  on  the  lower  ground,  running  in  blue 
grass,  knee-deep,  were  twelve  Shorthorn  cows, 
every  one  of  which  would  be  called  high-class. 
They  are  large,  fat  and  smooth  and  the  calves 
get  all  the  milk  they  want. 

Mr.  Romine  says  he  always  selects  the  kind  of 
cow  he  likes,  paying  absolutely  no  attention  to 
pedigree  but  I  examined  the  three  top  crosses  in 
the  pedigree  of  each  cow  and  found  all  of  them 
well  loaded  with  the  blood  of  such  animals  as 
imp.  Collynie;  Hampton  Spray;  Prince  Royal: 
imp.  Clover  Flower,  the  dam  of  Cumberland; 
Gallant  Knight;  Prince  Gloster,  sire  of  the  $.1.0- 
000  Prince  Imperial;  imp.  Scottish  Lord,  Mr. 
Cowan's  great  sire;  and  that  quartet  from  Mr. 
Hanna's  importation,  Lord  Cowslip,  Inglewood, 
Mariner  and  the  cow  Mistletoe  15th,  dam  of 
Captain  Archer,  Sweet  Mistletoe,  Collynie 's 
Pride  and  Golden  Day.  The  selection  and  pro- 
duction of  such  a  herd  proves  conclusively  that 
one  need  not  be  a  pedigree  expert  in  order  to 
select  good  cattle,  as  such  cattle  invariably  come 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  435 

from  good  ancestry  which  gives  them  good  pedi- 
grees and  I  thought  it  might  be  a  fine  thing  if 
more  breeders  selected  their  stock  with  only  in- 
dividual merit  as  their  guide. 

Lant  Bros.,  Dennis. — This  firm  some  years  ago 
made  a  very  fortunate  purchase  of  a  first-class 
daughter  of  imp.  Inglewood  and  out  of  a  cow  by 
Eoyal  Secret,  second  dam  by  imp.  Scotchman. 
From  this  cow  they  have  sold  numerous  animals 
at  good  prices  including  two  young  cows  at  $400 
each  and  they  have  a  well  selected,  though  not 
large,  herd  on  hand.  To  the  original  purchase 
was  added  in  1919,  a  roan  daughter  of  Linwood 
Victorious,  a  Cock  Robin,  Forbes  bred  bull  of 
great  excellence  also  a  heifer  by  Secret  Baron, 
purchased  from  H.  I.  Gaddis.  At  the  fall  South- 
east Kansas  sale,  they  secured  a  valuable  cow 
with  heifer  calf  at  foot  by  Master  of  the  Dales. 

The  herd  bull  comes  from  Canada  and  his 
pedigree  is  strong  in  Duthie  and  Marr  breeding. 
He  is  an  attractive  roan,  smooth  and  close  to  the 
ground  and  the  young  calves  I  saw  by  him  looked 
good.  Lant  Bros,  won  a  reputation  as  breeders 
of  Durocs  and  I  have  reason  to  believe  they  will 
handle  these  Shorthorns  in  .a  manner  that  will 
get  results. 

E.  E.  Fiske,  Cherryvale. — Mr.  Fiske  had  been 
breeding  Shorthorns  for  four  years  when  he 
decided  to  improve  by  selling  off  all  but  the 
best.  The  animals  retained  consisted  of  a 


436  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

few  cows  bred  by  L.  M.  Dunaway  and  typical  of 
Mr.  Duiia  way's  best  cattle  which  is  the  dual-pur- 
pose type.  (See  Dunaway  sketch.)  There  were 
also  retained  a  few  cows  carrying  the  blood  of 
such  bulls  as  Lord  Mayor  3d,  an  outstanding 
show  bull  by  Lord  Mayor ;  imp.  Collynie ;  imp. 
Daydreams  Pride;  Golden  Day,  a  son  of  imp. 
Mistletoe  15th  by  imp.  Mariner ;  Baron  Rupert 
and  Golden  Victor  Jr.,  a  bull  much  used  by  H.  M. 
Hill.  The  lot  retained  also  included  a  few  heifers 
from  these  cows  sired  by  Lad's  Prince,  an  Ingle 
Lad  bull  out  of  a  daughter  of  Godwin,  the  big 
son  of  imp.  Spartan  Hero.  These  cows  furnish 
a  real  foundation  for  a  herd,  which  with  care 
and  development,  should  be  a  credit  to  the  breed- 
er and  a  benefit  to  the  community. 

F.  B.  Campbell,  Altamont. — The  genial  and 
very  efficient  secretary  of  the  Southeast  Kansas 
Breeders  Association  has  been  raising  Short- 
horns for  eighteen  years.  He  has  been  selling 
liberally  and  when  I  saw  his  herd  it  consisted 
of  only  fourteen  females.  They  are  nice,  smooth, 
straight-lined  cattle,  but  Mr.  Campbell  pleads 
guilty  to  the  charge  of  insufficient  feeding  for 
best  development,  a  condition  which  is  being 
remedied  at  this  time.  Four  bulls  have  been  used 
in  this  herd  in  the  last  dozen  years,  all  of  which 
were  purchased  from  H.  M.  Hill  and  are  repre- 
sentative of  Mr.  Hill's  breeding.  The  one  now  in 
use  is  Sagamore  Sultan  by  the  International 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  437 

winner,  True  Sultan,  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan. 
His  dam  is  by  Golden  Crown  by  the  Duthie  bred 
Scotland's  Crown. 

Col.  D.  Christmann,  Oswego. — Col.  Christ- 
mann  has  a  large  farm  and  a  herd  of  cows  that 
show  all  evidence  of  being  profitable  producers. 
Milking  tendency  seems  to  be  a  strong  feature  of 
the  herd.  The  cattle  are  of  good  size  but  they 
lack  somewhat  in  infusion  of  Scotch  blood,  a  con- 
dition which  may  easily  be  overcome  in  the  first 
cross.  The  bull  now  in  use  is  a  nice,  smooth  fel- 
low, strongly  representative  of  the  Hanna-Hill 
blood  lines,  backed  by  such  ancestors  as  Ingle 
Lad,  imp.  Collynie,  Royal  Knight  and  Secret 
Archer.  That  this  herd  of  cows  is  valuable  if 
properly  crossed  is  an  established  fact  and  the 
owner  is  now  working  along  this  line.  Col. 
Christmann  is  president  of  the  Labette  County 
Shorthorn  Breeders  Association. 

W.  E.  Cobb,  Valeda.— Mr.  Cobb,  whose  farm 
adjoins  that  of  Mr.  Townsend,  is  joint  owner 
with  him  of  the  excellent  Orange  Viceroy,  a  bull 
whose  individual  merit  and  wealth  of  inheritance 
makes  him  a  great  acquisition  to  the  Shorthorn 
interests  of  Labette  county  and  adjacent  terri- 
tory. Here  is  one  of  those  commendable  cases 
where  neighbors  appropriated  sufficient  money 
to  buy  two  fairly  good  bulls  and  paid  it  all  out 
for  one  that  was  extra  good.  Mr.  Cobb  has  only 
a  small  herd  in  numbers  but  a  toppy  one  in 


438  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

quality.  It  includes  an  excellent  Cruickshank 
Butterfly  cow  recently  purchased  at  a  long  price 
and  representative  in  the  top  crosses  of  Lord 
Banff,  Godwin,  King  of  Aberdeen  and  Thistle- 
top,  four  of  America's  great  bulls,  all  connected 
with  Shorthorn  breeding  in  Kansas. 

A.  E.  Townsend,  Valeda. — Mr.  Townsend,  who 
has  been  handling  Shorthorns  for  six  years, 
made  a  recent  addition  of  two  females  to  his 
small  herd  and  jointly  with  W.  B.  Cobb  bought 
what  should  prove  to  be  a  very  valuable  bull.  He 
is  a  white  and  has  for  sire  Pleasant  Dale  2d,  fol- 
lowed in  order  by  Mr.  Harding  ?s  Sultan  Mine, 
Betteridge's  Lavender  Viceroy,  imp.  Master  of 
the  Eolls  and  Roan  Gauntlet.  Students  of  Short- 
horn history  and  pedigrees  will  note  the  rich  in- 
heritance which  this  young  fellow  receives  from 
his  ancestry.  It  is  only  reasonable  to  expect  sat- 
isfactory results  from  such  a  bull  when  mated 
with  the  right  cows  and  the  herd  is  given  the 
right  kind  of  attention. 

A.  C.  Braunsdorf,  Parsons. — The  Grand  View 
Stock  Farm  herd  is  good  and  comes  from  high- 
class  ancestry.  The  females  represent  three 
great  bulls,  imp.  Collynie,  imp.  Mariner  and  imp. 
Inglewood.  The  stock  was  purchased  from 
Lant  Bros,  in  1916  and  included  an  excellent 
three-year-old  bull,  Fashioner  7th,  by  Hampton 
Primrose,  son  of  Hampton  Spray,  out  of  Prim- 
rose 6th,  one  of  the  best  of  Mr.  Hanna's  cows. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  439 

G.  W.  Massa,  Edna. — Like  a  number  of  others 
in  Labette  county,  Mr.  Massa  uses  a  few  regis- 
tered Shorthorns  as  milk  cows,  giving  the  calves 
good  care  and  selling  them  for  breeding  pur- 
poses. By  this  means  he  is  enabled  to  get  mucH 
greater  net  returns  than  from  cows  of  any  other 
breed.  I  saw  an  excellent  individual  of  very 
pleasing  appearance  in  his  pasture,  a  real  dual- 
purpose  cow,  the  type  of  the  future  for  the  small 
farm. 

A.  H.  Neville,  Valeda. — Mr.  Neville  has  a 
small  herd,  the  foundation  of  which  was  pur- 
chased locally  and  which,  like  others  in  the  vicin- 
ity, represents  a  useful  type  of  farm  cattle.  As 
these  cows  are  almost  invariably  good  milkers, 
they  solve  the  question  of  making  cattle  pay  un- 
der the  more  costly  conditions  now  met  on  the 
small  farm.  Mr.  Neville  is  using  a  bull  from  the 
Nevius  herd,  typical  in  character  and  breeding 
of  that  establishment. 

W.  J.  Walker,  Altamont. — Mr.  Walker  is  one 
of  F.  B.  Campbell's  neighbors.  He  bought  a  cow 
a  few  years  ago  and  now  has  several  very  credit- 
able Shorthorns.  His  bull,  purchased  from  Fred 
Cowley,  comes  through  such  ancestry  as  Ingle 
Lad  Jr.,  a  son  of  Sweet  Mistletoe,  famous  as 
the  dam  of  the  1919  International  grand  cham- 
pion. The  dam  of  Mr.  Walker's  bull  is  by  Secret 
Archer,  one  of  the  noted  Kansas  sires  of  his 
day. 


440  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

LEAVENWORTH  COUNTY 

Harrison  Meyer,  Basehor.* — Mr.  Meyer 
started  in  business  a  few  years  ago  with  the  idea 
that  extra  good  Shorthorns  were  the  kind  to  buy 
for  a  foundation  and  he  has  carried  out  his  ideas 
in  the  most  approved  way.,  The  herd  of  twenty 
females  contains  some  very  excellent  animals. 
The  big,  smooth,  deep-bodied,  wide,  well  covered 
cows  have  true  Shorthorn  character  and  show 
in  their  calves  that  they  are  good  breeders  and 
heavy  milkers. 

Among  the  especially  attractive  things  on  the 
farm  is  a  red  heifer  by  Diamond  Gloster  422421 
out  of  a  dam  by  Roan  Goods  by  White  Goods, 
possibly  the  best  son  of  Choice  Goods.  Viscount- 
ess, bred  by  Loch  Bros.,  is  a  very  large  and 
showy  cow  and  a  first-class  specimen  of  the 
breed.  Her  sire,  Scotch  Goods,  is  a  son  of  Good 
Choice  out  of  a  Merry  Hampton  dam.  One  of 
the  best  breeding  cows  on  the  farm  comes  from 
Kelly  Bros.  She  is  by  Banning,  a  grandson  of 
imp.  Lord  Banff.  An  excellent,  large,  red  cow 
by  Clara's  Choice,  the  son  of  Choice  Goods  and 
imp.  Clara  58th  is  worthy  of  special  notice.  The 
dam  of  this  cow  is  by  Courtier  4th  and  her  sec- 
ond dam  is  by  the  grand  champion,  Vis- 
count of  Anoka.  One  of  her  heifers  is  among 
the  best  things  on  the  farm.  The  animals 


Ship  on  Santa  Fe  or  K.  C.  &  N.  W. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  441 

mentioned  are  representative  of  the  entire  herd. 

Walnut  Duke,  the  bull  in  service,  came  to 
Leavenworth  county  with  an  established  repu- 
tation as  a  breeder.  He  is  a  big  fellow,  not 
entirely  faultless  in  conformation,  yet  not  fairly 
subject  to  serious  criticism.  He  was  bred  by 
Bellows  Bros,  and  his  sire,  Hampton's  Success- 
or, was  one  of  the  good  bulls  used  in  that  herd. 
His  dam  is  by  Victorallan  and  his  second  dam  by 
imp.  Merry  Hampton,  one  of  the  best  individuals 
ever  sent  out  of  Scotland.  Walnut  Duke  is 
breeding  true  to  his  ancestry  and  must  be  classed 
among  the  valuable  bulls  of  northeast  Kansas. 

Mr.  Meyer  is  one  of  four  breeders  located  in 
the  Basehor  neighborhood  who  are  co-operating 
in  their  business  to  a  very  commendable  degree. 
This  gives  intending  buyers  visiting  in  a  com- 
munity a  distinct  advantage. 

Henry  Ode  &  Son,  Leavenworth.* — Twenty- 
five  cows  are  kept  on  this  farm.  They  are  grown 
in  a  profitable  way,  but  they  have  not  been  fed 
for  as  good  development  as  is  planned  for  the 
future.  While  the  herd  is  now  a  creditable  one, 
present  conditions  are  such  as  to  work  a  constant 
improvement.  The  original  purchase  was  made 
from  T.  F.  Stone  of  Weston,  Missouri  and  num- 
bered five  females.  Later  five  more  were  added 
from  the  same  herd.  Sales  of  both  males  and  fe- 
males have  been  made  locally  and  the  demand 

*         Eural  Eoute  5. 


442  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

for  the  production  of  the  farm  has  been  strong. 
The  Stone  bred  cows  were  excellent  individuals, 
descended  from  the  best  of  ancestry  through  long 
use  of  high-class  bulls.  Among  these  cows  was 
Ruby  24th  by  Secret  Goods,  a  son  of  Best  of 
Goods  out  of  Secret  of  Hill  Farm  2d  by  imp. 
Lavender  Lad.  Her  dam  was  by  Sirias,  a  Norton 
bred  son  of  imp.  Salamis.  Violet  3d  was  also  by 
Secret  Goods  out  of  a  Sirias  dam. 

The  first  bull  used  in  the  herd  was  Leaven- 
worth  393487,  bred  by  Alex  Eraser.  His  sire  was 
by  Silk  Goods,  possibly  the  only  son  of  Choice 
Goods  now  doing  service.  Leavenworth's  dam 
was  by  Falsetto,  a  great  sire  in  Mr.  Fraser's 
herd.  This  Scotch  crossed  Duchess  bull  proved 
an  exceptional  breeder  for  Mr.  Ode.  The  bull 
used  until  recently  was  Hampton  5th  bred  by  K. 
G.  Gigstad.  He  is  a  son  of  Hampton's  Spicy  by 
Hampton's  Demonstrator  and  out  of  a  cow  by 
Goods,  Mr.  Gigstad 's  excellent  breeding  son  of 
Good  Choice.  His  second  dam  is  by  Golden  Lan- 
caster. 

The  Ode  community  is  such  as  to  render  nec- 
essary a  class  of  cows  capable  of  raising  good 
beef  cattle  and  at  the  same  time  giving  a  good 
yield  of  milk.  Some  of  the  best  guarantees  for 
the  permanent  success  of  this  establishment  are 
found  in  the  enthusiasm  and  ability  of  the  junior 
partner,  in  the  necessity  for  keeping  cattle  as  a 
means  of  maintaining  soil  fertility  and  in  the 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  TN  KANSAS  443 

inclination  of  Leavenworth  county  farmers  to- 
ward Shorthorns. 

W.  H.  Lewis,  Basehor. — Mr.  Lewis  had  been 
raising  good  grades  but  advancing  land  prices 
demanded  the  best  live  stock  that  could  be  pro- 
duced and  so  he  changed  from  grades  to  pure 
breds.  Good  size,  attractiveness  and  smoothness 
are  characteristics  of  the  cows  in  this  herd  while 
desirable  ancestry  tells  the  story  of  their  pedi- 
gree. Two  of  the  best  are  by  Rock  Springs  Pride, 
a  son  of  Pride  of  Collynie,  own  brother  to  Sweet 
Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  1919  grand  champion  show 
bull.  The  dam  of  Rock  Springs  Pride  was  by 
Gladys'  Chief,  a  bull  out  of  an  own  sister  to  Lav- 
ender Viscount,  the  bull  carrying  off  the  In- 
ternational grand  championship.  In  general,  the 
cows  in  this  herd  are  well  filled  with  the  blood  of 
such  bulls  as  imp.  Scottish  Lord  and  Barmpton 
Knight,  two  of  the  best  and  most  favorably 
known  bulls  of  their  day.  A  daughter  of  Walnut 
Duke  is  one  of  the  excellent  things  on  the  farm. 

Mr.  Lewis  is  using  the  bull,  Princess  Goods 
2d,  formerly  used  by  Henry  Ode  &  Son.  He  is 
conveniently  located  near  Harrison  Meyer's  and 
is  making  liberal  use  of  Walnut  Duke.  (See 
Meyer  sketch.)  He  is  one  of  the  four  breeders  in 
the  vicinity  of  Basehor  who  are  co-operating  in 
every  way  to  advance  Shorthorn  interests  in 
their  community  and  the  excellent  cattle  on 
hand  with  a  few  choice  additions  planned  will 


444  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

make  for  the  successful  building  up  of  a  herd. 

George  S.  Marshall,  Basehor. — On  Mr.  Mar- 
shall's farm  I  found  eleven  good  cows  and  a 
spirit  of  enthusiasm  and  energy  on  the  part  of 
the  owner  that  bespeaks  success.  Two  of  the 
best  cows  in  the  herd  were  bred  by  Ed  Heglund 
of  Atchison  county.  One  is  by  Goods  374898  by 
Golden  Lancaster,  sire  of  the  Gigstad  show 
steers.  (See  Gigstad  sketch.)  She  has  a  good 
heifer  in  the  herd  by  Diamond  Gloster  422421. 
Another  cow  is  Village  Lovely  3d  by  Village 
Lord,  son  of  Villager  out  of  a  dam  by  Whitehall 
Sultan.  Village  Lovely  3d  is  out  of  a  cow  by 
Good  Choice  whose  dam  was  by  the  Duthie  bred 
imp.  Lavender  Champion.  Barmpton  Knight, 
the  very  popular  Kansas  bull,  is  represented  by 
an  excellent  cow  sired  by  one  of  his  sons.  Two 
are  by  Clara's  Choice  by  the  Choice  of  All  out 
of  imp.  Clara  58th.  The  herd  of  Loch  Bros, 
has  been  drawn  on  for  a  splendid  heifer  by  Wal- 
nut Duke.  (See  Meyer  sketch.)  Her  dam  is  by 
Scotch  Goods,  a  son  of  Bellows  Bros.'  Good 
Choice  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Merry  Hampton. 
Students  of  Shorthorn  history  and  pedigrees 
will  recognize  the  fact  that  Mr.  Marshall's  cows 
are  as  well  descended  as  any  that  could  be  ob- 
tained. 

The  new  bull  is  Lavender  King.  I  saw  this 
fellow  as  a  big  yearling  last  summer.  His  breed- 
ing is  of  the  best  and  he  is  very  beefy,  close  to 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  445 

the  ground  and  smooth  and  should  make  a  first- 
class  sire. 

J.  A.  Mussett,  Basehor. — This  herd  consists  of 
only  five  females  but  they  make  up  in  quality 
what  they  lack  in  numbers.  They  have  plenty  of 
size,  smoothness  and  Shorthorn  character.  A 
heavy  milking  cow  and  a  fine  breeder  is  Cam- 
bria Maid  by  Clansman,  son  of  Lavender  Vice- 
roy by  the  grand  champion,  Lavender  Viscount. 
An  aged  cow  bred  by  H.  C.  Duncan  and  sired  by 
Headlight,  out  of  a  dam  by  Scottish  Chief,  is 
still  vigorous  and  bids  fair  to  raise  several  more 
calves.  Her  individuality  and  the  ancestry  from 
which  she  comes  should  make  her  calves  valu- 
able. Her  heifers  will  all  be  retained.  Clara's 
Choice,  the  well  known  Gentry  bred  bull,  has  a 
good  daughter  in  the  herd. 

Mr.  Mussett  is  acting  wisely  in  using  Harrison 
Meyer's  bull  instead  of  keeping  one  of  medium 
quality  such  as  he  feels  he  could  afford  to  buy 
and  in  this  he  is  setting  an  example  to  small 
breeders  who  in  many  cases  are  using  a  quite 
common  bull.  Co-operation  on  the  bull  should  be 
practiced  wherever  possible.  The  size  of  Mr. 
Mussett 's  herd  is  not  an  indication  of  his  future 
operations  for  he  is  planning  more  purchases  of 
females  and  they  will  be  good  ones.  He  has  all 
the  resources  necessary  for  putting  up  a  Short- 
horn herd  including  plenty  of  enthusiasm,  both 
in  himself  and  in  a  growing  son. 


446  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

A.  L.  Withers,  Leavenworth.*  —  Mr.  Withers 
is  located  three  miles  from  the  heart  of  the  city 
and  on  his  high  priced  land  he  figures  cows  must 
raise  good  calves  and  give  milk  for  market.  The 
five  Shorthorn  cows  I  saw  being  milked  are  do- 
ing this  and  the  calves  are  being  well  raised  by 
hand.  The  reader  will  recall  that  Thos.  Bates  did 
the  same  thing  with  his  famous  Duchess  cows 
and  produced  the  greatest  herd  the  world  had 
seen  up  to  that  time.  A  first-class  herd  bull  by 
Villager  Jr.  was  recently  bought  from  G.  F. 
Kellerman.  This  bull  is  big,  thick  and  smooth 
and  must  be  considered  one  of  the  county's  best 
Shorthorns.  The  fact  that  he  did  service  in  the 
Kellerman  herd  guarantees  his  quality. 


COUNTY 

A.  Hamm  &  Son,  Prescott.  —  This  firm  is 
counted  among  the  leading  breeders  of  Linn 
county.  The  herd  which  was  started  seven 
years  ago  now  numbers  about  thirty-five  fe- 
males including  one  imported  cow,  Sister  Susie 
729813.  The  object  is  not  to  produce  abnormally 
large  cattle  but  rather  to  avoid  the  extremes  in 
size  and  to  build  up  a  herd  of  smooth,  uniform 
type  with  the  quality  required  for  good  Short- 
horns. The  young  stock  is  being  well  cared  for. 

The  Hamms  exhibited  at  the  Linn  county  fair 
in  1919  and  won  in  the  classes  including  first 


Rural  Route  1. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  447 

on  aged  bull,  first  on  junior  calf  and  second 
on  herd.  They  contributed  materially  to  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Linn  County  breeders  sale  in  1919, 
their  entries  having  been  well  appraised  by  the 
bidders.  They  sent  an  elegant  white  heifer  calf 
to  the  Kansas  National  show  at  Wichita  in  1920, 
which  was  much  admired  and,  though  not  at  all 
fitted,  was  good  enough  in  general  conformation 
to  be  a  credit  to  any  breeder. 

Among  their  cows  is  Gwendolyne  Princess, 
a  three-year-old  roan  by  Beaver  Creek  Sul- 
tan from  Tomson  Bros. '  herd.  Her  dam  was  by 
Primrose  Royal  bred  by  S.  C.  Hanna.  He  was  by 
Prince  Royal,  son  of  imp.  Collynie  and  the  Marr 
bred  imp.  Princess  Royal  62d  and  his  dam,  one 
of  the  best  cows  in  the  Hanna  herd,  was  by  imp. 
Ingle  wood  out  of  the  Duthie  bred  imp.  Primrose 
4th  by  Scottish  Archer.  Another  cow,  Wrang- 
ler's Countess,  comes  from  Leonards.  Her  sire, 
Majestic  Viscount,  was  by  Wooddale  Stamp  out 
of  a  dam  by  Rosedale's  Choice.  The  dam  of 
Wrangler's  Countess  is  imp.  Ravenswood  Em- 
erald of  Norie's  breeding.  Village  Marshal, 
Tomson 's  great  son  of  Cumberland  Marshal,  has 
a  roan  daughter  in  the  herd,  Victoria  Queen.  Sil- 
ver Queen,  another  roan,  is  by  Beaver  Creek  Sul- 
tan. Both  these  heifers  are  of  the  choicest  and 
most  acceptable  breeding  and  are  among  the 
strictly  good  animals  on  hand.  A  roan 
three-year-old  is  Lady  Gloster  by  Gloster's 


448  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Choice,  son  of  Marengo's  Choice,  the  excellent 
son  of  Rosedale 's  Choice  and  imp.  Marengo's 
Lavender  Countess.  Her  dam  is  by  Victoria's 
Snowf  lake  by  the  Choice  of  All. 

Fancy  Dale,  a  white  son  of  Maxwalton  Rose- 
dale,  is  the  bull  used.  His  dam  is  Norwood 
Fancy  by  imp.  Crescent  Knight  and  his  second 
dam  is  imp.  Fancy  2d.  It  will  be  recalled  that 
Maxwalton  Rosedale  is  by  Avoiidale  and  out 
of  imp.  Rosewood  Pride.  He  is  a  full  brother  to 
Whitehall  Rosedale,  western  state  fair  champion 
and  champion  at  the  American  Royal.  He  is  out 
of  the  same  dam  as  the  noted  Pride  of  Albion,  a 
great  winner  at  the  biggest  shows  and  sire  of 
Pride  of  Oakdale,  the  1919  prime  favorite  east  of 
the  Mississippi.  Those  familiar  with  Shorthorn 
pedigrees  will  recognize  in  this  story  a  herd  of 
the  very  choicest  breeding. 

G.  F.  Kellerman,  Mound  City. — I  first  met 
Mr.  Kellerman  in  1884  and  the  most  noticeable 
feature  about  him  was  his  great  liking  for  Short- 
horns. For  several  years  we  lived  near  enough 
to  visit  and  of  course  it  was  Shorthorn  talk  on 
both  sides.  I  shall  omit  a  considerable  part  of 
his  active  life  for  that  is  told  in  the  story  of  D. 
K.  Kellerman  &  Son,  G.  F.  Kellerman  having 
been  the  son.  He  had  shown  in  the  management 
of  the  partnership  herd,  unusual  ability  as  a 
breeder  and  handler  of  cattle  and  when  I  learned 
that  he  was  breeding  Shorthorns  on  his  own 


A  HISTORY  OP  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  449 

account  I  was  not  surprised  to  hear  that  he  had  a 
very  choice  herd.  A  visit  to  the  Kellerman  farm 
and  a  study  of  the  methods  employed  to  get  as 
much  as  possible  out  of  a  young  animal  would  be 
the  best  investment  any  young  breeder  could 
make. 

The  Kellerman  herd  is  not  large,  comprising 
only  fifteen  females,  but  the  man  who  is  par- 
ticular about  pedigree  or  merit  could  buy  with 
his  eyes  «hut,  since  the  owner  is  probably  more 
particular  than  he.  The  breeding  will  pass  mus- 
ter anywhere  for  here  are  cows  that  would  be  a 
credit  to  any  breeder.  One  of  the  more  valuable 
ones  is  Columbia  5th,  a  three-year-old  white.  She 
suckled  a  white  bull  calf  eight  months  old  that 
weighed  nearly  800  pounds  and  he  must  be 
classed  as  one  of  the  very  best  calves  I  have  seen. 
Columbia  5th  is  by  Parkdale  Baron,  the  well 
known  Bellows  sire.  Her  dam  is  by  Star  of  the 
Mist  by  Choice  of  All  out  of  Violet  Mist  6th,  one 
of  the  best  cows  Mr.  Gentry  got  in  the  purchase 
of  the  Dustin  herd.  Gregg  Farm's  Lavender  is 
a  remarkably  short-legged,  big-bodied  young  cow 
by  Gregg's  Villager,  now  conceded  to  be  one  of 
the  best  Villager  bulls  in  service.  Her  dam  is  by 
Gallant  Knight's  heir,  Kansas  State  Fair  cham- 
pion and  much  used  in  the  Tomson  herd.  Her 
second  dam  is  by  Archer,  son  of  imp.  Collynie 
and  imp.  Circe  3d.  One  of  the  best  cows  in  the 
herd  and  one  of  the  best  I  have  seen  anywhere  is 


450  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

the  massive  red,  Victoria  May  2d,  by  Count  Com- 
modore. This  cow  is  just  what  I  would  want  the 
mother  of  my  herd  bull  to  be.  Besides  being  an 
outstanding  beef  cow,  she  is  a  heavy  milker  and 
her  calf  weighed  800  pounds  the  day  he  was  eight 
months  old  and  at  that  age  he  was  sold  to  O.  A. 
Weddle  of  Allen  county  for  $700.  Closely  ap- 
proaching Victoria  May  2d  in  size,  quality  and 
milk  is  the  four-year-old  roan,  Hattie  C.,  a  Tom- 
son  production  by  Prince  Valentine  4th.  Her 
dam  is  by  Lord  Marr,  one  of  the  best  sons  of 
Lord  Mayor  and  her  second  dam  is  Harmony  6th 
by  imp.  Thistletop. 

The  future  herd  bull  is  the  white  calf  men- 
tioned above,  out  of  Columbia  5th.  If  this  calf 
grows  out  as  he  promises  and  as  his  ancestry 
would  justify,  few  bulls  in  Kansas  will  equal  him 
either  as  an  individual  or  as  a  sire. 

E.  C.  Smith  &  Son,  Pleasanton.— The  Smiths 
began  their  work  in  1915  and  have  forty  females 
in  the  herd.  The  cows  are  large  and  the  young 
stock  is  being  well  fed  and  cared  for.  They  have 
been  doing  some  showing  and  have  a  record  of 
winnings  very  creditable  to  any  one  not  keeping 
cattle  especially  for  show.  In  1919  they  contrib- 
uted to  the  Central  Sale  at  Kansas  City  and  in 
the  show  held  before  the  sale  they  won  second 
and  fourth  places  on  their  entries  which  sold  at 
$700  and  $425  respectively.  At  the  1919  Linn 
county  fair  they  were  awarded  first  place  on 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  451 

herd,  on  aged  bull,  on  aged  cow  and  on  senior 
heifer  calf  and  second  on  junior  heifer  calf.  They 
also  received  the  $25  bull  championship  offered 
by  the  American  Shorthorn  Breeders  Associ- 
ation. An  addition  was  made  to  the  herd  in  1919 
by  the  purchase  of  two  high-class  females 
and  the  work  of  improvement  is  going  steadily 
forward. 

Among  the  best  cows  on  the  farm  is  Brides- 
maid 2d  by  Gallant  Knight's  Heir,  the  son  of 
Gallant  Knight  kept  by  Tomson  Bros,  for  show 
and  breeding.  Her  dam  is  by  a  Norton  bred  son  of 
Banker's  Victor.  Gloster's  Girl,  a  five-year-old 
red,  is  by  Mutineer's  Last,  a  son  of  imp.  Mutin- 
eer and  out  of  Duchess  of  Gloster  29th  by  Royal 
Marshal,  one  of  the  good  sons  of  Whitehall  Sul- 
tan. Victoria  Girl,  another  excellent  young  cow, 
is  by  Count  Commodore,  a  nicely  bred  bull  from 
the  Cookscn  herd  and  her  dam  comes  from  H.  C. 
Duncan  and  was  by  his  favorably  known  Head- 
light. Nonpareil  Maid  2d  is  a  Kansas  bred 
daughter  of  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  the  Avondale 
bull  used  so  successfully  by  Tomson  Bros,  and 
the  Pringles.  Maxwalton  Rosedale  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  being  own  brother  to  Whitehall 
Rosedale,  for  two  years  grand  champion  almost 
everywhere  west  of  the  Mississippi.  The  win- 
nings of  this  herd  indicate  with  assurance  that 
there  are  some  real  Shorthorns  here  and  the  cows 
show  excellent  ancestry. 


452  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

The  bull  that  has  been  at  the  head  of  the 
herd  for  some  time  and  is  still  retained  is 
Village  Goldf inder.  He  was  bought  as  a 
young  fellow  in  1917.  His  sire  is  Gregg's  Vil- 
lager, son  of  imp.  Villager  and  imp.  Belle  of 
Ordeans.  His  dam  is  Bridesmaid  2d  by  Gallant 
Knight's  Heir  by  Gallant  Knight.  It  was  an  own 
brother  to  Village  Goldfinder  that  was  used  by 
G.  F.  Kellerman  in  1918,  siring  the  remarkable 
calves  seen  at  Mr.  Kellerman 's  the  past  season. 

E.  C.  Smith  &  Son  are  among  the  most  public 
spirited  breeders  in  Kansas  and  are  leading  pro- 
moters of  the  work  being  done  by  the  Linn  Coun- 
ty Shorthorn  Breeders  Association,  a  strong  or-' 
ganization  which  is  making  the  county  known  as 
one  of  the  best  Shorthorn  sections  of  the  state. 

A.  M.  Markley  &  Sons,  Mound  City.— These 
men  are  the  oldest  breeders  in  Linn  county, 
their  operations  having  extended  from  1892  to 
the  present  time  and  in  these  years  they  have  sold 
Shorthorns  to  go  to  more  than  half  the  counties 
in  Kansas  and  to  several  other  states  including 
Missouri,  Arkansas,  Oklahoma  and  Texas.  Con- 
siderable showing  has  been  done  with  very  satis- 
factory results.  During  the  period  from  1908 
to  1917  the  herd  was  exhibited  at  Mound  City, 
Pleasanton,  lola  and  Uniontown,  winning  its 
full  share,  or  more,  of  premiums.  In  1914  the 
winnings  at  these  four  fairs,  numbered  fifty-two 
prizes. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  453 

The  conditions  for  growing  cattle  on  this  farm 
are  good.  Alfalfa  and  all  tame  grasses  flourish 
and  ensilage  is  used  in  the  ration.  The  breeding 
herd  now  numbers  about  thirty-five  cows  and 
heifers.  The  cows  are  given  good  farm  care  and 
the  young  stock  is  fed  grain.  Most  of  the  ma- 
tured cows  are  medium  in  size  and  some  are 
large.  In  addition  to  the  cows  longest  on  the 
farm,  which  came  from  such  herds  as  Keller- 
mans  and  that  of  Morse  &  Sons  there  have  been 
added  in  the  past  two  years  some  desirable  fe- 
males. Occasional  additions  by  purchase  are 
contemplated.  Orange  Lad  and  Orange  Major, 
two  of  Linn  county's  best  known  bulls,  have  been 
used,  followed  by  the  Nevius  bred  Duchess 
Searchlight  by  Searchlight.  King's  Choice,  an 
excellent,  big,  red  bull  of  approved  breeding  and 
with  an  unusual  covering  of  flesh  in  the  valuable 
parts,  is  now  being  used. 

Guy  Rowley  &  Son,  Prescott. — The  aim  on  this 
farm  is  to  produce  a  class  of  Shorthorns  good 
for  beef  and  milk  and  to  raise  these  cattle  so  that 
they  will  be  within  reach  of  the  farm  trade.  A 
start  has  been  made  in  this  direction  with  twenty- 
five  females  of  breeding  age.  Eobinetta  4th  is  a 
Kpical  cow. of  the  class  desired.  Her  sire,  Mistle- 
toe Archer,  is  out  of  Sweet  Mistletoe,  the  dam  of 
JLespedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  International 
-grand  champion.  Her  dam  is  a  daughter  of 
Robin,  the  bull  selected  from  Col.  Harris'  herd 


454  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Mr.  Hanna  to  work  an  improvement  in  the 
milking  quality  of  the  Palo  Duro  herd.  A  daugh- 
ter of  this  cow,  Sycamore  Robinetta,  carrying 
the  Ingle  Lad  cross  is  said  by  Mr.  Rowley  to  sur- 
pass everything  else  on  the  farm  for  quantity  and 
quality  of  milk. 

Splendid  results  have  been  obtained,  not  only 
in  Mr.  Rowley's  herd  but  by  several  neighbors, 
from  the  use  of  the  Tomson  bred  bull,  Mr.  Mysie, 
by  Maxwalton  Rosedale.  The  present  herd  bull, 
Supreme  Marshal,  is  a  big,  stretchy  white,  by 
Village  Marshal.  His  dam  is  by  imp.  Crescent 
Knight  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Sunny  Blink 
4th.  There  is  room  and  plenty  of  patronage  for 
just  such  establishments  as  Rowley  &  Son  pro- 
pose to  maintain,  and  the  material  on  hand,  com- 
ing as  it  does  from  Shorthorns  noted  for  produc- 
tion of  both  beef  and  milk,  furnishes  them  a 
solid  working  foundation  for  building  up  a  dual- 
purpose  Shorthorn  herd. 

Mantey  &  Harriman,  Mound  City. — R.  E. 
Harriman,  of  the  same  family  as  Col.  Bob,  the 
popular  auctioneer,  is  the  wide-awake  young 
man  in  charge  of  this  herd.  The  farm,  almost 
ideal  for  a  Shorthorn  establishment,  is  located 
in  a  real  Shorthorn  community  and  Mr.  Harri- 
man has  plans  for  the  future  which  can  hardly 
fail  to  result  in  a  good  herd.  A  start  is  made 
with  a  dozen  females.  Rosedalo  Lady,  a  nice 
red,  combines  the  blood  of  Victor  Orange,  a 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  455 

famous  sire  in  the  Stunkel  herd  with  that  of  Gal- 
lant Knight.  Helen,  a  four-year-old  roan,  was 
bred  by  Kelly  Bros,  and  is  by  Banning,  a  bull 
strong  in  the  blood  of  imp.  Lord  Banff.  One  of 
the  bulls  used  w^as  Sycamore  Lad.  He  carried  a 
double  cross  of  Ingle  Lad,  now  rated  an  out- 
standing sire  of  producing  cows.  The  present 
herd  bull  is  Eoyal  Star,  by  the  well  known  Clans- 
man, a  bull  used  successfully  by  T.  J.  Sands 
and  W.  H.  Vail.  Royal  Star's  dam  was  by  the 
Conqueror,  one  of  the  best  known  sons  of  Choice 
Goods. 

G.  A.  McClaughey,  Mound  City. — Dr.  Mc- 
Claughey has  three  females.  He  is  giving 
them  proper  care  and  is  using  some  of  the  best 
bulls  in  Linn  county  which  guarantee  satisfac- 
tory results.  A  heifer  by  Emma's  Valentine 
bought  in  1916  of  Mr.  Nevius  furnished  the  start 
and  she  was  a  good  one.  A  nineteen-month-old 
heifer  of  Dr.  McClaughey 's  breeding  was  first  in 
class  at  the  Linn  county  fair  in  1919. 

Ted  D.  Paddock  &  Sons,  Mound  City.— This  is 
a  firm  of  beginners.  One  of  their  cows  was  bred 
by  A.  Hamm  &  Son.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Model 
Goods  by  Hallwood  Mint,  a  son  of  Choice  Goods 
Model.  They  also  have  an  excellent  heifer  by 
Fancy  Dale,  a  son  of  Maxwalton  Rosedale  out  of 
Norwood  Fancy  by  imp.  Crescent  Knight.  The 
Paddocks  live  near  G.  F.  Kellerman  and  can 
have  the  benefit  of  his  co-operation. 


456  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

LYON  COUNTY 

E.  H.  Abraham,  Emporia. — Mr.  Abraham  de- 
serves credit  for  having  very  successfully  hidden 
his  light  under  a  bushel.  I  had  heard  little  about 
him  but  it  seems  to  me  that  Jim  Tomson  once 
told  me  of  selling  an  extra  good  bull  to  a  man 
at  Emporia  by  the  name  of  Abraham.  It  is  the 
object  of  this  book  to  rescue  from  obscurity  just 
such  modest  men  as  Mr.  Abraham  and  to  intro- 
duce them  to  the  breeders  and  farmers  of  the 
state.  While  he  was  going  along  so  quietly  as  to 
occasion  no  comment,  he  was  gathering  up  a  few 
Shorthorns  that  suited  him,  using  good  bulls, 
selecting  choice  heifers  and  feeding  his  cattle 
well.  The  result  is  a  herd  of  thirty  females, 
bred  and  grown  on  the  farm  during  the  past 
twelve  years,  that  have  virtually  cost  Mr.  Abra- 
ham nothing,  for  the  sales  from  the  herd,  while 
made  locally  and  at  very  modest  prices,  have 
much  more  than  paid  all  expenses  and  the  price 
of  the  original  purchases.  The  results  of  good 
ancestry,  wise  selection  and  judicious  care  are 
apparent,  for  when  you  see  these  cattle  you  know 
they  are  real  Shorthorns. 

Looking  over  the  pedigrees  I  found  noted  bulls 
in  evidence  everywhere.  Among  them  are  Lav- 
ender Viscount,  famous  sire  at  Ravenswood  and 
International  grand  champion ;  Barmpton 
Knight,  Tomson ?s  wonderful  breeding  bull; 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  457 

Gallant  Knight,  leading  western  sire  of  prize 
winners  in  his  day ;  Victorious,  famous  in  N".  H. 
Gentry's  herd;  imp.  Knight  Templar,  by  Cum- 
berland and  out  of  the  same  dam  as  imp.  Baron 
Victor ;  Imperial  Victor,  the  Stunkel  bred  son  of 
Victor  Orange  that  sold  for  $2000  in  the  cheap 
times ;  St.  Valentine,  sire  of  the  undefeated  Ru- 
berta ;  Prince  Royal,  son  of  imp.  Craven  Knight 
and  the  Peerless  cow,  imp.  Princess  Alice  and 
imp.  Scottish  Lord  that  sired  B.  0.  Cowan's 
World's  Fair  prize  winners. 

The  herd  bull  is  Victor  Marshal,  a  Tomson 
bred  son  of  A7illage  Marshal.  His  dam  is  Van- 
ity, a  cow  by  Archer  that  has  been  a  prize 
winner  in  the  Tomson  show  herd.  The  rest 
of  the  pedigree  is  as  good  as  that  given  above. 
This  is  one  of  the  thickest,  meatiest  young  bulls 
I  have  seen.  He  is  very  low  down  and  even  and 
does  not  fall  short  of  best  show  yard  standards. 
Mr.  Abraham  has  exhibited  at  fairs  only  once. 
At  Wichita  in  1918  he  sold  two  young  bulls  at 
long  prices  and  incidently  put  them  in  the  show, 
winning  first  and  second  in  the  Kansas  specials 
and  second  and  third  in  the  open  classes. 

Among  other  good  herds  that  have  been  found- 
ed with  cows  of  Mr.  Abraham's  breeding  is  that 
of  Owen  Oneill  of  Windom  and  the  excellence  of 
the  Abraham  herd  is  strongly  reflected  in  the 
Oneill  cows.  It  is  worth  much  to  any  man  to  be 
able  to  breed  and  sell  foundation  stock  for  herds 


458  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

established  by  discriminating  buyers  and  in  this 
Mr.  Abraham  is  doing  his  full  share  toward 
developing  Shorthorn  interests  in  east  central 
Kansas. 

E.  L.  Moreland,  Americus. — Mr.  Moreland's 
farm  is  located  in  a  section  that  has  always  ap- 
preciated good  stock.  He  began  business  in  1919 
by  buying  choice  females  instead  of  common 
ones.  Crestmead  Beauty  3d,  one  of  the  cows,  is 
by  that  excellent  sire,  Prince  Valentine  4th.  This 
heifer  is  one  of  the  regulation  Prince  Valentine 
4th  quality,  attractive  and  breedy  in  appearance. 
Her  dam  is  Crestmead  Beauty  2d  by  the  fine  sire, 
Orange  Model.  She  represents  the  select 
line  of  breeding  so  popular  in  the  W.  A.  Better- 
idge  herd.  Golden  Rose  6th  is  by  Wooddale 
Chieftain,  one  of  the  best  sons  of  the  Choice  of 
All,  and  her  dam  is  by  Marshall  Abbotsburn  3d. 
Both  these  bulls  did  service  in  the  David  Ballan- 
tyne  herd  and  were  two  of  the  best  breeding  bulls 
in  Kansas  as  by  virtue  of  their  individuality  and 
ancestry  they  had  reason  to  be.  Golden  Rose  is 
a  first-class  Shorthorn  cow  and  an  excellent  pro- 
ducer. Evangeline  5th  is  a  four-year-old  by 
Choice  Orange,  son  of  Stunkel's  Star  Goods,  own 
brother  to  Diamond  Goods.  Her  dam  is  by  Head- 
light 2d,  a  son  of  Duncan's  Headlight,  much  used 
by  C.  W.  Taylor.  What  is  probably  the  most 
valuable  cow  in  Mr.  Moreland's  herd  and  one 
that  would  be  desirable  anywhere  is  the  roan, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  459 

Cumberland  Princess,  bred  by  J.  W.  McDer- 
mott  and  sired  by  Cumberland  Marshal  out  of  a 
daughter  of  Fair  Goods.  This  young  cow  has 
proved  herself  an  exceptional  producer  and  her 
pedigree  is  one  of  the  most  highly  prized  kind. 

Mr.  Moreland  was  exceedingly  fortunate  in  se- 
curing a  first-class  bull  for  service  in  his  herd. 
Golden  Magnet,  a  yearling  by  Golden  Search,  was 
the  outstanding  bull  in  the  1920  Nevius  sale,  and 
few  better  bulls  were  sold  in  Kansas  that  year. 
He  is  an  unusually  attractive,  smoothly  covered 
red  with  elegant  head  and  neck,  very  straight 
lines  and  as  good  a  back  as  one  could  wish.  He 
is  massive  and  close  to  the  ground.  It  would  seem 
superfluous  to  say  much  about  his  ancestry  for 
in  every  remove  they  are  closely  descended  from 
some  of  the  best  cattle  bred  by  Mr.  Cruickshank 
and  as  individuals  they  would  class  as  outstand- 
ing. 

J.  G.  Lumley,  Emporia. — Mr.  Lumley  has  been 
breeding  in  a  small  way  for  eight  years.  The 
herd  now  consists  of  a  half  dozen  females,  sev- 
eral of  which  are  very  good  ones.  Two  of  the 
heifers  are  by  E.  H.  Abraham's  bull.  Eather 
than  keep  a  medium  bull  of  his  own  and  ob- 
tain only  medium  results,  Mr.  Lumley  is  breed- 
ing to  Mr.  Abraham's  bull,  and  his  action  is 
worthy  of  consideration  by  other  small  breeders 
who  are  similarly  situated.  Two  years  ago  Mr. 
Lumley  bought  an  excellent  Gallant  Knight  cow 


460  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

of  Tomson  Bros.  She  was  bred  to  Village  Mar- 
shal and  produced  a  heifer  calf  by  that  noted  sire 
and  now  has  another  heifer  calf.  This  goes  to 
show  that  at  a  moderate  expense  one  can  fre- 
quently get  a  start  of  very  desirable  Shorthorns. 

H.  C.  Anderson,  Americus. — Mr.  Anderson's 
connection  with  Shorthorns  dates  back  to  1917. 
He  has  ten  cows  that  came  from  two  very  reli- 
able herds,  those  of  E.  H.  Abraham  and  David 
Ballantyne.  The  Abraham  purchases  were  by 
the  Tomson  bred  Diamond  Victor,  whose  dam, 
Daisy  Queen,  was  Western  state  fair  and  Ameri- 
can Royal  grand  champion  in  1911.  This  cow 
was  of  the  same  breeding  as  the  famous  New 
Year's  Delight.  The  Ballantyne  purchases  were 
by  Wooddale  Chieftain,  one  of  the  best  sons  of 
The  Choice  of  All,  a  noted  bull  by  Choice  Goods. 
The  bull  now  used  is  Bloom's  Corporal  by  the 
grand  champion,  imp.  Bapton  Corporal  and  out 
of  Golden  Bloom  2d  by  Lord  Strathallan  207608. 

Conway  Rees,  Emporia. — Among  the  cows  of 
this  new  herd  are  some  elegant  ones.  Becky 
Barrister  llth  came  from  S.  D.  Mitchell.  Her 
sire  is  Colonel  Carvel  (see  S.  D.  Mitchell 
sketch)  and  no  more  need  be  said  to  any  one  who 
has  seen  Colonel  Carvel.  Her  dam  is  by  Barris- 
ter, the  noted  son  of  Craven  Knight  with  247 
first  prizes  to  his  credit  in  the  show  ring.  Roan 
Signet  bred  by  H.  T.  Forbes  has  been  used  by  Mr. 
Eees  with  good  results.  He  is  by  Royal  Monarch, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  461 

an  excellent  bull  and  valuable  sire  for  Mr.  For- 
bes. (See  Forbes  sketch.)  A  Leonard  bred  son 
of  Marengo's  Choice  out  of  a  dam  by  Rosedale's 
Choice  now  heads  the  herd.  The  ancestry  of  the 
Rees  cattle  is  of  the  best. 

Joseph  J.  Sobke,  Bushong.* — Four  years  ago 
Mr.  Sobke  made  his  start  and  he  now  has 
thirty  females.  The  cattle  are  raised  under  fav- 
orable conditions  and  are  given  reasonably  gen- 
erous treatment.  In  1918  a  nice  addition  of  five 
females  was  made  by  purchase  from  T.  A.  Bal- 
lantyne  and  in  1919  a  consignment  from  the  herd 
was  made  to  the  Eastern  Kansas  Breeders  sale 
at  Ottawa.  Mr.  Sobke  went  to  a  splendid  herd, 
that  of  S.  D.  Mitchell,  for  his  bull.  He  is  the  son 
of  Victoria's  Best,  a  Leonard  bred  son  of  Mar- 
engo's Choice.  His  darn  is  Orange  Best  6th,  a 
cow  bred  by  T.  C.  Robinson,  the  breeder  of  Mas- 
ter of  the  Grove,  International  grand  champion. 

MARION  COUNTY 

J.  R.  Ely,  Marion,  t— The  Ely  family  has  been 
raising  Shorthorns  in  Marion  county  for  more 
than  twenty-five  years  and  J.  R.  Ely  just  grew 
into  the  business.  He  has  a  stock  farm  with 
plenty  of  pasture,  alfalfa  and  ensilage  and  is  in  a 
position  to  get  results  from  the  farm  feeds.  His 
herd  is  largely  descended  from  the  original 

*       Telephone,  Allen. 

t       One  mile  east  of  Aulne.     Telephone,  Marion  or  Aulne. 


462  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

purchase  made  by  his  father  which  came  from 
the  best  herds  in  the  surrounding  territory  and 
an  occasional  female  is  being  added.  The  cows 
are  of  good  size  and  the  twenty  yearling  heifers 
seen  in  one  pasture  are  an  attractive  lot.  The  pro- 
duction of  this  herd  furnishes  an  example  of 
what  a  young  man  did  at  very  little  more  expense 
than  would  have  been  incurred  in  raising  grades 
and  the  net  profits  have  been  much  greater.  In 
quality  and  size  the  cattle  are  quite  even,  but 
I  noticed  one  cow  that  would  attract  attention 
anywhere.  She  is  similar  in  breeding  to  the  rest 
and  is  by  Pride  of  Aulne,  a  C.  W.  Taylor  bred 
bull  by  Silvery  Knight.  Three  daughters  of  this 
five-year-old  cow  are  in  the  herd  and  all  pro- 
mise to  develop  into  COWTS  of  her  type  and  quality. 
As  a  foundation  this  cow  and  her  heifers  are  a 
fine  prospect. 

In  general,  Mr.  Ely  has  used  bulls  of  good 
type  and  breeding  and  has  obtained  very  sat- 
isfactory results.  Two  came  from  D.  P.  Nor- 
ton. Crescent  was  by  Buccaneer  out  of  a  cow 
by  Cora's  Commander  102268  and  the  other  was 
by  Lord  Lieutenant  120019.  Knight  of  Hope 
was  by  Jubilee  Knight  bred  by  the  Kansas  State 
Agricultural  College.  Golden  Mariner  by  imp. 
Mariner  and  Aulne  Duke  by  a  son  of  the  Harris 
bred  Vandal  were  two  of  the  bulls  last  used. 
A  first-class  young  bull  was  secured,  April  1920 
in  Red  King  bred  by  Jos.  Duncan  &  Son.  He  is 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  463 

of  the  best  of  the  well  known  Duncan  breeding 
and  is  an  unusually  thick,  smooth  individual 
with  a  pedigree  that  would  please  the  most  crit- 
ical. Coupled  with  the  strong,  rugged  cows 
raised  in  this  good  cattle  country,  this  bull  of 
almost  unrelated  blood  should  get  results  of  a 
most  satisfactory  kind. 

E.  C.  Schafer,  Marion.*— Mr.  Schafer  has 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  twelve  years,  hav- 
ing bought  his  start  from  H.  S.  Martin.  This 
purchase  included  two  cows  from  which  the  herd 
is  largely  descended.  Lady  Fogathorpe  48th,  a 
Bates  cow  of  B.  B.  &  H.  T.  Groom's  breeding 
was  by  Scotch  Duke,  a  Stodder  bred  son  of 
Gwendoline's  Prince,  out  of  a  dam  by  Mr. 
Vaile's  well  known  Winsome  Duke  llth.  The 
other  cow  was  by  Duke  of  Evergreen  8th,  a 
son  of  Glen  Aberdeen  128626  out  of  imp.  Glen 
Ythan  4th.  These  Scotch  crossed  Bates  cows 
have  always  been  reliable  material  for  a  founda- 
tion and  they  have  proved  to  be  so  for  Mr. 
Schafer. 

Desirable  bulls  have  been  used  and  the  condi- 
tions for  general  development  are  favorable.  One 
of  the  best  bulls  that  did  service  in  the  herd  was 
Comet,  a  son  of  Double  Champion,  the  well 
known  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  Russella,  dam  of 
the  undefeated  Ruberta.  Comet's  dam  was  by 
Liberty  Boy  bred  by  Senator  Wornall  and  sired 

One  mile  from  Canada  station  on  Santa  Fe. 


464  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Viscount  of  Anoka,  the  outstanding  show  bull 
of  his  day.  Scotty,  bred  by  Ballantynes,  was  also 
a  good  sire.  Golden  Crown,  bred  by  H.  C.  Steph- 
enson  of  Chase  county,  was  the  son  of  Hampton's 
Crown  by  Hampton's  Best  and  Golden  Crown's 
dam  was  by  Rosemary  Victor  12th,  a  Geo.  Both- 
well  bred  son  of  Grand  Victor. 

The  present  herd  bull  is  named  Albert.  He 
comes  from  John  Regier's  and  like  all  Mr.  Re- 
gier's  output  is  very  desirably  bred  and  of  good 
size  and  quality.  His  sire  is  Dale's  Emblem  by 
Double  Dale  out  of  a  dam  by  Snowflake,  the  sire 
of  Ringmaster.  Albert's  dam  was  also  bred  by 
Mr.  Regier  and  is  by  Nonpareil  Star,  a  prize 
winning  son  of  imp.  Nonpareil  Victor,  a  bull 
with  few  equals  as  a  sire  in  America.  Albert  had 
been  used  locally  for  several  years  and  Mr. 
Schaf  er  bought  him  on  account  of  his  real  worth. 
General  improvements  both  in  management  and 
in  additions  to  the  herd  have  been  planned. 

F.  N.  Funk,  Canada.*— Mr.  Funk's  herd  con- 
sists of  five  females  bought  from  H.  C.  Stephen- 
son  and  he  will  raise  his  cattle  from  these  and 
from  others  which  he  intends  to  buy.  The  Ste- 
phenson  herd  was  an  excellent  one  and  these 
cows  are  no  exception.  In  looking  over  their 
pedigrees  I  found  the  source  of  their  wealth  re- 
vealed in  the  top  crosses,  through  such  bulls  as 


*       Telephone,    Marion    or   Hillsboro.      Ship    on    Santa   Fe   or   Rock 
Island. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  465 

Barmpton  Knight,  Gallant  Knight  and  Gallant 
Knight's  Heir,  all  well  known  in  the  Tomson 
herd,  Banker,  bred  by  John  McCoy,  Golden 
Knight  of  Enterprise,  Peculated  Wild  Eyes,  said 
by  good  breeders  to  have  been  the  equal  of  the 
best  Scotch  bulls  of  his  day,  Good  Choice,  sire 
of  grand  champions,  Grand  Victor,  Hampton's 
Best  and  Choice  Goods.  That  cows  from  such 
ancestry  are  valuable  as  breeders  is  an  estab- 
lished fact.  The  present  herd  bull  is  on  trial  as 
all  young  bulls  should  be.  While  he  promises  to 
be  fairly  satisfactory,  it  has  already  been  decided 
to  replace  him  with  a  high-class  bull. 

Mr.  Funk  impressed  me  as  a  man  of  more  than 
average  energy  and  ability  with  a  determination 
to  breed  good  Shorthorns  and  in  this  he  should 
succeed,  for  he  has  the  fundamental  elements 
needed  for  success  in  his  lot  of  cows  and  plenty 
of  feed,  including  alfalfa. 

B.  L.  Taylor  &  Son,  Peabody. — Not  many 
herds  of  four  years  existence  are  as  good  as  the 
herd  on  Fairland  Farm  and  not  often  is  the 
young  stock  so  wTell  cared  for.  The  result  of  this 
policy  clearly  f orcasts  an  excellent  herd  for  the 
future.  Among  the  best  cows  are  the  eight-year- 
old  Nevius  bred  Victoria  by  Searchlight  out  of  a 
dam  by  imp.  Prince  Oderic  and  the  Bellows 
bred  Scotch  Lavender  2d  by  Good  Choice,  dam 
by  Victorallan  and  Nellie's  Lassie  from  the 

Telephone,  Marion  or  Hillsboro.  Ship  on  Santa  Fe  or  Bock  Island. 


466  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

C.  C.  Cochran  herd  by  Grand  Lad  260127,  that 
give  some  indication  as  to  the  character  of  this 
herd.  The  first  bull  used  was  Buster  Gazelle.  He 
was  by  Ingle  Lad  Jr.,  a  son  of  Ingle  Lad  out  of 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  the 
1919  International  grand  champion. 

A.  L.  Cumberland  bred  by  John  Eegier  is  now 
being  used.  He  is  an  unusually  short-legged, 
thickset  fellow  and  was  one  of  the  good  bulls  in 
the  1918  American  Eoyal  sale.  His  sire  is  Scotch 
Cumberland  by  Cumberland's  Type  recently 
sold  as  an  aged  bull  to  S.  M.  Knox  for  $1000  and 
his  dam  is  of  the  excellent  breeding  of  all  Mr. 
Regier's  cows.  The  Taylors  have  been  success- 
ful contributors  to  the  breeders7  sales  held  at 
Peabody  and  are  for  everything  that  tends  to 
advance  Shorthorn  interests,  which  makes  them 
desirable  acquisitions  to  the  fraternity. 

F.  P.  Wilson,  Peabody. — Mr.  Wilson  is  a  new 
breeder  that  has  made  much  more  than  ordinary 
progress.  His  first  Shorthorns  were  bought  at 
the  Stunkel  dispersion  in  1916  and  with  these 
cows  he  was  unusually  successful,  the  calves  at 
foot  having  sold  within  eight  months  at  the 
Wichita  sale  for  enough  to  pay  the  bill. 

Mr.  Wilson  added  to  his  herd  by  purchase  at 
the  Park  E.  Salter  fall  sale  in  1918,  three  head: 
the  Nevius  bred  Strawberry  Secret  4th  by 
Searchlight  Jr.,  dam  by  the  Hanna  bred  For- 
tune, a  son  of  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  Lord 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  467 

Cowslip  cow ;  Superb  Augusta  by  Superb  Omega, 
a  son  of  Uppermill  Omega,  dam  of  Norwood 
Augusta  by  imp.  Crescent  Knight  out  of  imp. 
Augusta  105th  and  a  Canada  bred  cow  by  Prince 
of  the  Byre  out  of  a  dam  by  Nonpareil  Cham- 
pion. The  recent  purchase  of  a  massive,  smooth, 
red  cow  by  King  Cumberland  by  Cumberland's 
Last  was  made  from  J.  C.  Robison's  herd.  This 
daughter  and  granddaughter  of  International 
champions,  if  prolific,  should  add  much  value  to 
the  establishment.  Mr.  Wilson  owns,  with  Mr. 
Homan,  the  bull,  White  Hope,  and  has  been  get- 
ting good  results  from  his  use.  Six  yearling  heif- 
ers by  him  all  nice  roans  of  the  same  type  and 
very  similar  in  appearance,  prove  him  a  firsi>- 
rate  sire.  Indications  are  that  this  herd  will  be 
constantly  improved. 

John  Unger,  Peabody. — Either  Mr.  linger 
has  used  exceptional  judgment  in  laying  his 
foundation  or  he  has  been  lucky.  Two  of  the 
cows  he  bought  are  not  only  choice  in  quality 
but  they  carry  very  attractive  pedigrees.  One 
came  from  John  R.  Young  of  Marion.  Her  sire 
was  Roan  Victor,  a  grandson  of  Whitehall 
Sultan,  out  of  a  cow  by  Secret  Goods  by  Best  of 
Goods.  Her  dam  is  by  Clara's  Choice,  son  of 
the  Choice  of  All  and  imp.  Clara  58th.  The  next 
three  crosses  represent  what  is  best  in  modern 
Shorthorns.  The  other  cow  is  from  the  Hoxnan 
herd.  She  is  by  White  Hope,  her  dam  by  Double 


468  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Champion,  followed  by  imp.  Ardlethen  Mystery, 
imp.  Invincible  and  imp.  Hospodar.  Mr.  linger 
will  add  a  few  choice  females  and  until  he  secures 
a  first-class  bull  of  his  own  he  will  use  B.  L. 
Taylor's  herd  bull.  (See  Taylor  sketch.)  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  linger  are  enthusiastic  about 
Shorthorns  and  nothing  less  than  an  excellent 
herd  will  satisfy  them. 

MAESHALL  COUNTY 
H.  J.  Bornhorst,  Irving. — Mr.  Bornhorst  is  a 
man  of  unusual  energy  and  ability.  Ten  years 
ago  he  began  breeding  Shorthorns  on  a  rented 
farm  near  Marysville  and  the  character  of  his 
herd  as  seen  in  1919  indicates  clearly  that  he  was 
a  good  judge  of  beef  cattle  when  he  bought  his 
foundation  stock.  That  he  is  a  first-class  cattle 
man  is  shown  by  the  admirable  way  in  which 
he  handles  his  stock.  Early  in  1920  he  moved  to 
a  big  ranch  which  he  bought  near  Irving  and  on 
this  land  he  has  what  is  almost  a  cattle  paradise 
where  Shorthorns  will  do  their  best. 

Mr.  Bornhorst  has  a  lot  of  cows  that  are  de- 
scended from  choicest  ancestry,  consequently  the 
bulls  from  his  herd  can  be  classed  as  dependable 
because  whatever  merit  they  may  possess  is  in- 
herited and  almost  certainly  will  be  transmitted 
to  their  get.  Some  of  these  cows  are  bred  along 
fashionable  and  popular  lines  and  practically  all 
are  good  individuals.  I  was  especially  impressed 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  469 

with  Missie  Dale,  an  Owen  Kane  production. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  Marengo  Dale,  a  son  of 
Double  Dale,  one  of  the  most  noted  of  Avondale's 
get  and  the  sire  of  many  great  herd  bulls.  Mar- 
engo Dale  is  out  of  Lady  Fragrant,  a  daughter 
of  imp.  Lady  Marengo,  and  the  dam  of  Missie 
Dale  is  by  King  Archer,  a  son  of  Ceremonious 
Archer,  one  of  the  outstanding  bulls  of  the  breed. 
That  this  cow  is  a  valuable  breeding  proposition 
is  shown  in  her  white  bull  calf,  a  young  fellow  of 
much  promise. 

The  bull  now  being  used  is  Roan  Goods,  one  of 
the  best  things  produced  by  G.  P.  Hart.  He 
would  stand  high  in  a  fairly  strong  show  and 
looks  every  inch  like  a  good  breeding  bull  and  his 
calves,  as  far  as  can  be  judged  at  a  young  age,  in- 
dicate that  he  will  fulfill  all  that  his  appearance 
promises.  His  sire,  Scotch  Knight,  is  one  of  the 
best  sons  of  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel  and  he  is  out 
of  one  of  Mr.  Hart's  best  cows.  Mr.  Bornhorst 
is  among  the  most  optimistic  men  I  have  ever 
met  for  he  does  not  seem  to  think  there  is  any 
such  thing  as  being  unable  to  succeed.  His  fond- 
ness for  Shorthorns  is  part  of  his  nature  and  it 
would  be  out  of  place  to  question  his  success. 

A.  H.  Gallup,  Blue  Rapids.— In  1888  George 
Gallup  bought  Jennie  Rivers  from  the  herd  of 
R.  T.  Scott  and  from  this  cow  is  descended  the 
entire  herd  now  on  Hillcrest  Shorthorn  Farm. 
Thousands  of  dollars  worth  of  cattle  have  been 


470  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

sold  besides.  This  is  the  only  case  of  which  I 
know  where  a  whole  large  herd  is  de- 
scended from  one  cow.  Among  the  bulls  used 
was  Violet  Lad  by  Golden  Lad,  a  son  of 
Eobert  Miller's  great  Golden  Eule  and  the 
noted  cow  Germanica  2d,  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Germanica.  Another  was  Defendant,  a  son  of 
Tomson's  Crusader  by  Barmpton  Knight  and 
out  of  Daisy  of  Valley  Grove  by  Lavender  Prince 
out  of  Forest  Daisy  2d.  New  Year's  Delight, 
that  as  a  yearling  .heifer  was  grand  champion 
everywhere  in  the  West  and  junior  champion  at 
the  International,  was  out  of  Forest  Daisy  2d. 
As  Crusader  was  by  Barmpton  Knight,  the  re- 
lationship of  Defendant  to  this  great  heifer  is 
very  close.  The  present  herd  bull  is  Village 
Victor  bred  by  Tomson  Bros.,  sired  by  Village 
Marshal  and  out  of  a  cow  by  the  H.  C.  Duncan 
bred  Orange  Magnet  263743,  second  dam  by  his 
well  known  Headlight.  Village  Victor  is  of  the 
large  type  with  heavy  bone  and  plenty  of  stretch. 
He  is  smooth,  symmetrical,  and  splendidly  cov- 
ered. He  should  cross  well  with  the  smooth, 
medium-size  cows  in  the  herd  and  add  a  little 
scale,  always  a  desirable  attribute. 

Griffee  Bros.,  Marysville. — Although  these 
men  began  business  only  two  years  ago  they 
have  gotten  together  quite  a  nice  herd.  The  cows 
are  sired  by  True  Goods  by  the  famous  sire, 
Fair  Goods,  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  Ruberta; 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  471 

Blythesome  Baron  by  Victor  Baron  out  of  imp. 
Blythesome  27th ;  Lord  Hampton  by  My  Choice 
by  Good  Choice,  sire  of  the  champion,  Diamond 
Goods ;  Crown  Prince  by  Royal  Diadem  a  son  of 
imp.  Red  Lady  5th  and  others  of  like  quality.  A 
daughter  of  Fair  Acres  Sultan  is  by  virtue  of  her 
sire  one  of  the  attractions  of  the  herd.  She 
has  not  been  well  grown  out  but  is  straight  and 
smooth  and  is  a  good  producer.  The  cows  as  a 
whole  have  straight  lines  and  fleshing  quality 
and  the  condition  of  the  calves  indicates  that 
they  are  heavy  milkers. 

Two  bulls  are  being  used.  One  is  Secret 
Sultan  2d  bred  by  Achenbach  Bros,  and  sired  by 
their  well  knowrn  Intense  Sultan.  His  dam  is  by 
Secret  Conqueror,  son  of  imp.  Conqueror  out  of 
a  Lord  Lovel  dam,  second  dam  by  Choice  Goods. 
He  is  a  big,  beefy  fellow,  strong  in  the  vital 
points  but  a  little  lacking  in  finish.  His  calves, 
however,  appear  to  be  unusually  smooth  and  are 
quite  promising.  The  younger  bull  in  service 
is  by  a  son  of  Maxwalton  Rosedale  out  of  a 
daughter  of  imp.  Crescent  Knight.  He  is  strong 
in  the  blood  of  Barmpton  Knight  and  old  Lord 
Mayor.  The  outlook  for  the  success  of  Griffee 
Bros,  is  favorable. 

J.  M.  Nielson,  Marysville, — Mr.  Melson  is 
secretary  of  the  Blue  Valley  Shorthorn  Breeders 
Association.  He  has  been  breeding  for  seven 
years  and  has  a  desirable  lot  of  cows,  not  so 


472  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

uniform  as  he  wishes  but  of  good  quality.  An  out- 
standing, large  red  that  has  been  a  satisfactory 
breeder  is  by  Baby  Conqueror  bred  by  Senator 
Wornall  by  The  Conqueror,  the  son  of  Choice 
Goods  and  imp.  Clara  58th.  An  excellent  white 
two-year-old  is  by  Pleasant  Dale  Sultan  by  Lav- 
ender Lord.  She  has  a  good  heifer  calf.  Another 
Pleasant  Dale  Sultan  heifer  is  Lady  Sultana,  by 
some  considered  the  best  thing  on  the  farm.  The 
S.  B.  Amcoats  herd  furnished  a  yearling  by 
Type's  Goods,  the  son  of  Cumberland  Type.  Her 
dam  is  by  Victor  Sultan  2d  out  of  a  Godwin  dam, 
giving  her  unexcelled  breeding  from  almost  any 
point  of  view. 

A  roan  bull,  bred  by  H.  H.  Holmes,  was 
in  service  for  two  seasons.  He  was  by  Clipper 
Model  444189  and  his  dam  was  strong  in  the 
blood  of  the  noted  sire,  Captain  Archer  and  other 
good  bulls.  A  new  bull  was  purchased  at  the 
1920  Central  sale.  He  is  a  beautiful  roan  bred 
by  H.  I.  Gaddis  and  was  a  winner  in  the  show 
which  preceded  the  sale.  He  is  a  calf  of  un- 
usual finish  and  smoothness  of  flesh  and  comes 
from  a  line  of  cows  noted  as  producers  in  Mr. 
Gaddis'  herd.  His  sire,  Secret  Baron,  is  by 
Snowstorm,  probably  the  best  breeding  son  of 
Snowflake. 

Dan  O.  Cain,  Beattie. — Mr.  Cain  began  his 
Shorthorn  operations  when  a  boy  and  he  still 
has  a  long  life  of  usefulness  before  him.  His 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  473 

foundation  stock  is  carefully  selected.  Cassan- 
drea  Maid  was  bred  by  Henry  Kupper  and  sired 
by  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel.  Nonpareil  Alice,  five 
years  old,  is  by  Snowf lake's  Stamp,  son  of  Snow- 
flake,  sire  of  the  three  times  International 
grand  champion,  Ringmaster.  Birdie  Gloster 
8th,  a  six-year-old  red,  is  by  Scotch  Knight,  a  son 
of  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel.  The  cows  range  in 
size  from  medium  to  large  and  the  twenty  fe- 
males in  the  herd  include  some  animals  of  choice 
breeding  that  are  being  properly  cared  for.  The 
first  bull  used  was  Orange  Banker  2d  by  Dale's 
Cumberland.  White  Goods  825293  is  now  in  ser- 
vice and  is  considered  by  Mr.  Cain  a  splendid 
bull.  He  is  by  Gloster 's  Goods,  son  of  Euberta's 
Goods,  the  sire  of  much  high-class  stock  shown 
successfully  all  over  the  central  West.  Mr. 
Cain  should  be  able  to  make  his  Shorthorn  busi- 
ness a  very  creditable  one  and  reap  a  reward 
such  as  comes  to  the  man  who  lays  a  strong  foun- 
dation and  cares  well  for  his  stock. 

McPHERSON  COUNTY 
Owen  Oneill,  Windom. — When  in  company 
with  V.  M.  Emmert,  county  agent,  I  drove  up  to 
Mr.  Oneill's,  we  saw  a  last  October  bull  in  the 
lot  with  a  halter  on  and  he  looked  good.  This 
is  a  trifling  incident  and  I  mention  it  only  to 
show  that  the  cattle  on  this  farm  are  being  hand- 
led with  a  view  toward  real  development.  We 


474  A  HISTORY' OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

had  been  seeing  young  bulls  left  to  shift  and  to 
fight  flies  and  this  one  that  had  an  owner  who 
did  the  rustling  was  elegant  in  comparison. 

Mr.  Oneill  has  been  breeding  Shorthorns  for 
six  years.  He  has  been  successful  in  produc- 
ing quite  good  ones  but  his  greatest  success  lay 
in  a  deal  made  in  1919  whereby  he  acquired  ten 
young  cows  bred  by  E.  H.  Abraham.  (See  Abra- 
ham sketch.)  I  saw  a  number  of  these  cows  and 
they  are  just  the  kind  the  experienced  man  would 
select  if  he  were  looking  for  a  lot  of  prospective 
breeding  cows.  They  are  to  be  the  basis  of  future 
operations.  In  their  ancestry  they  have  the 
benefit  of  the  splendid  lines  of  bulls  used  in  the 
Abraham  herd,  prominent  among  which  are 
Diamond  Victor,  whose  sire  was  sold  by  Tomson 
Bros,  for  $2000  in  the  days  when  such  sales  were 
almost  sensational,  and  whose  dam,  Daisy  Queen 
by  Barmpton  Knight  was  a  Western  state  fair 
and  American  Royal  champion.  Another  bull  of 
national  reputation,  entering  into  the  immediate 
ancestry  of  these  cows,  is  Bessie's  Heir  by  Or- 
ange Viscount,  the  sire  of  Searchlight  and  out  of 
imp.  Bessie  51st,  the  dam  of  White  Goods.  (See 
S.  D,  Mitchell  sketch.) 

Mr.  Oneill  has  been  equally  fortunate  in  get- 
ting a  herd  bull.  Lavender  Search  is  a  remark- 
ably smooth,  even,  well  finished  fellow,  with  a 
very  deep  body  on  unusually  short  legs.  He  has 
proved  a  breeder  of  good  stock  and  has  inherited 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  475 

this  quality  as  well  as  his  power  of  transmission. 
His  sire  is  Searchlight,  one  of  the  most  popular 
of  Kansas  bulls.  His  dam  is  by  Choice  Goods, 
one  of  the  greatest  show  and  breeding  bulls  of 
America.  His  second  dam  is  by  imp.  Lavender 
Lad  and  his  third  dam  by  Golden  Rule.  Laven- 
der Search  did  four  years  service  in  Fred  Wal- 
ton's excellent  herd. 

Luther  Elmquist,  Lindsborg. — Mr.  Elmquist 
is  comparatively  a  new  man  in  the  Shorthorn 
business.  He  bought  a  few  cows  of  Peterson 
Bros,  and  of  other  local  breeders,  on  which  he 
used  a  Tomson  bred  bull  with  good  results.  He 
is  now  using  a  thick,  short-legged  bull  by  Orange 
Lovell,  a  son  of  Henry  Stunkel's  Victor  Orange, 
one  of  the  best  southwestern  bulls  of  his  day. 
His  dam  is  by  Valiant  346162,  whose  sire,  St. 
Clair,  was  by  imp.  Crescent  Knight. 

Mr.  Elmquist  impressed  me  as  a  man  of  quick 
apprehension,  with  a  realization  of  the  need  of. 
good  cattle  on  the  farms  in  his  locality.  He  holds 
sound  views  on  live  stock  management  and  com- 
prehends what  many  men  fail  to  see,  that  one 
can  not  expect  cattle  to  grow  without  sufficient 
feed  to  produce  growth.  He  is  enthusiastic 
about  Shorthorns  and  understands  that  the  bull 
is  half  the  herd.  He  is  situated  so  as  to  carry  out 
a  liberal  policy  in  the  care  and  management  of 
his  cattle  and  satisfactory  returns  may  be  ex- 
pected from  the  cows  he  has  selected. 


476  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Carl  Johnson,  Inman.* — In  Mr.  Johnson's 
herd  there  is  a  promising  heifer  a  little  more 
than  a  year  old.  She  is  by  the  excellent  Cumber- 
land bull,  Marquis  Cumberland.  (See  Willis 
Colman  sketch.)  As  though  it  were  a  matter  of 
small  importance  Mr.  Johnson  told  me  that  she 
had  stood  third  or  fourth  at  the  Kansas  State 
Fair  last  fall.  From  what  I  have  seen  of  the 
Marquis  Cumberland  stock,  I  should  think  this 
heifer  would  make  an  extra  good  one.  The  bull 
in  use  is  by  Victor  Archer,  that  made  a  reputa- 
tion for  Dr.  Stewart.  Mr.  Johnson  intends  to 
build  up  a  first-class  herd  and  he  has  the  facil- 
ities for  doing  so. 

Anton  Peterson,  Lindsborg. — Mr.  Peterson  is 
the  successor  of  Ingwert  Peterson  and  of  Peter- 
son Bros.  He  has  twenty  good  cows  and  their 
calves.  These  cows  are  nearly  all  the  tops  of 
the  Peterson  Bros,  herd  and  they  have  plenty 
of  size.  They  are  descended  from  a  line  of 
bulls  beginning  with  such  sires  as  Col.  Harris' 
Golden  Knight,  Geo.  BothwelPs  Grand  Victor, 
imp.  Thistletop  and  imp.  Collynie,  all  animals 
of  national  reputation.  The  use  of  good  bulls 
on  this  foundation  has  given  satisfactory  results. 
Mr.  Peterson  is  looking  for  a  high-class  bull 
and  with  the  herd  reduced  in  size  he  is  planning 
to  give  his  cattle  such  attention  as  will  develop 


*       Telephone   and   station,   Wincloni.      Ship    on    Santa   Fe   or   Bock 
Island. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  477 

first-class  cattle.    His  farm  is  well  suited  to  the 
work. 

MIAMI  COUNTY 

Frank  W.  Wilson,  Wellsville.— Mr.  Wilson 
has  been  known  as  a  breeder  of  good  Short- 
horns since  1914,  but  it  was  not  until  the  day 
of  the  Nevius  sale  in  1920  that  he  made  pur- 
chases which  attracted  the  attention  of  breeders 
over  the  entire  territory  when  three  of  the  best 
females  in  the  excellent  offering  fell  to  his  bid- 
ding. Winifred  Maid  4th  is  by  Emma's  Valen- 
tine, a  son  of  Prince  Valentine  4th,  out  of  the 
cow  that  produced  the  dam  of  the  grand  cham- 
pion, Lady  Supreme.  She  is  large  and  attrac- 
tive and  Mr.  Wilson  secured  a  prize  in  this 
two-year-old  and  her  calf.  Searchlight  Maid,  a 
daughter  of  Searchlight  Jr.  and  out  of  the  best 
cow  in  the  Nevius  herd,  is  a  show  cow  and  an 
exceptional  producer,  as  her  November  calf  at 
foot  plainly  indicated.  Victoria  S.  is  by  that  well 
known  sire  New  Goods,  by  Choice  Goods  out  of 
a  Collynie  cow.  Her  dam  is  by  Choice  Goods, 
second  dam  by  imp.  Baron  Cruickshank.  A  bet- 
ter lot  of  foundation  cows  could  hardly  be  found. 

Rosedale's  Secret  is  the  bull  used.  He  comes 
from  Robert  Russell's  herd  and  is  by  his  ex- 
cellent sire,  Walnut  Type.  (See  Russell  sketch.) 
His  dam  is  the  splendid  cow,  Queen's  Gift  523- 
258  by  Rosedale's  Gift.  Mr.  Wilson  has  the 


478  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

knowledge  and  experience,  as  well  as  a  suit- 
able location  to  enable  Mm  to  score  a  signal 
success  with  Ms  cattle. 

MITCHELL  COUNTY 

Meall  Bros.,  Cawker  City — Meall  Bros,  have 
one  of  the  large,  well  known  herds  of  the  state 
and  their  operations  cover  a  period  of  twenty- 
five  years.  The  cattle  receive  the  constant  atten- 
tion of  the  three  brothers  who  comprise  the  firm. 
They  have  provided  all  facilities  for  handling 
cattle  in  a  practical,  economical  and  careful 
way  and  their  system  results  in  the  production  of 
young  stock  so  raised  as  to  do  well  for  the  pur- 
chaser and  yet  to  have  sufficient  development. 
Further  improvements  are  being  considered  and 
these  mature  men  of  successful  experience,  still 
in  the  prime  of  life,  will  do  things  in  the  future 
that  will  count  for  Shorthorn  advancement  not 
only  in  Mitchell  county  but  in  a  larger  territory. 

The  Meall  herd  is  a  good  one  as  a  whole,  but  it 
lacks  somewhat  in  uniformity  both  in  the  essen- 
tial and  in  the  less  important  points.  This  is 
doubtless  largely  due  to  the  fact  that  in  recent 
years  several  excellent  cows  from  different 
sources  have  been  added.  It  is  from  these,  rather 
than  from  the  old  foundation  of  a  quarter  of  a 
century  back,  that  the  herd  of  the  future  will 
be  built.  The  use  of  bulls  of  uniform  type 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  479 

and  of  good  size  can  safely  be  depended  upon  to 
do  the  work  and  is  doing  it. 

I  saw  at  least  ten  cows  of  very  choice  breeding 
that  should  be  good  enough  for  any  man  and  the 
calves  they  are  raising  qualify  them  as  first- 
class  Shorthorn  cows.  Glen  Hall  Aconite  4th 
211769  is  by  Choice  Prince,  a  son  of  Prince  of 
Tebo  Lawn  out  of  Good  Lassie  by  Choice  Goods. 
Her  dam  is  by  Leader  378375  and  her  second 
dam  is  by  the  grand  champion,  Master  of  the 
Grove.  Glen  Hall  Aconite  is  not  only  a  splendid 
individual  but  is  the  dam  of  several  of  the  best 
heifers  in  the  herd.  Fairy  Dawn  by  Upland 
Viscount  (see  below)  is  an  extra  smooth  cow. 
Her  dam  is  by  Snowf lake's  Star  by  Snowflake 
and  her  second  dam  is  by  imp.  Prince  Oderic. 
Highland  Mary,  a  roan  by  Snowf lake's  Star  out 
of  a  Prince  Oderic  dam,  attracts  attention  on 
sight  and  is  one  of  the  highly  prized  members 
of  the  herd.  Miss  Marigold  3d,  a  large  red  of 
elegant  appearance  with  a  big,  deep,  smooth 
body  would  be  considered  attractive  anywhere. 
She  is  by  Victorious  King  by  Mr.  Gentry's  Vic- 
torious and  her  dam  is  by  Lord  Mayor  out  of 
imp.  Marigold  50th. 

Two  fairly  good  bulls  had  been  in  use.  The 
desire  to  own  a  strictly  first-class  herd  bull  was 
gratified  at  the  State  Association  sale  at  Man- 
hattan in  1920  where  Meall  Bros,  purchased  Lav- 
ender Marshal  for  $1025,  the  top  price  paid  for 


480  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

a  bull.  Lavender  Marshal  was  grand  champion 
of  the  state  show.  He  is  by  Tomson's  outstand- 
ing sire.  Village  Marshal,  out  of  a  Rees  bred 
heifer  strong  in  the  blood  of  Ruberta's  Goods 
and  Choice  Goods.  The  selection  of  this  calf 
seems  wise  as  his  ancestry  is  second  to  none  in 
America. 

H.  Borger  &  Son,  Cawker  City. — From  a  pur- 
chase of  two  heifers  bought  for  less  than  $100 
fifteen  years  ago,  H.  Borger  &  Son  have  forged 
ahead  until  their  herd  is  one  of  the  best  in  north 
central  Kansas.  This  growth  has  been  accom- 
plished by  later  purchases  of  choicely  bred  stock, 
by  using  good  bulls,  and  by  a  liberal  system  of 
development  whereby  medium  size  and  uniform- 
ity have  been  attained.  Golden  Dream  is  an 
excellent  cow  by  Athenian  Coronet  4th,  a  first- 
class  bull  by  imp.  Bapton  Coronet  out  of  Augus- 
ta lllth  by  Scotch  Fame.  Her  dam  was  by  Prime 
Minister,  a  son  of  imp.  Prince  of  Perth  out  of  a 
full  sister  to  the  International  grand  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount.  A  daughter  of  Golden 
Dream  by  Ury  Dale  is  one  of  the  best  things  in 
the  herd.  Rosedale 's  Jill  is  a  choice  daughter 
of  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  the  full  brother  to  the 
grand  champion,  Whitehall  Rosedale.  Her  dam, 
Jessica,  is  still  one  of  the  best  producers  in  the 
herd.  Golden  Maid,  one  of  the  valuable  cows 
on  the  farm,  is  by  Golden  Gloster,  a  son  of  imp. 
Daydreams  Pride.  Her  dam  is  Ruby  Lass  2d 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


481 


by  imp.  Trout  Creek  Clan  Alpine  and  out  of 
imp.  Ruby  Lass.  Lassie's  Choice  is  one  of  the 
highly  prized  cows.  She  is  by  the  International 


FAIR  CHAMPION  AND  THE  FIRST  CALF  HE  SIRED 
This  calf  now  heads  the  herd  of  E.  A.  Cory  &  Sons. 

grand  champion,  Lavender  Viscount  and  out  of 
Buchan  Lassie  6th  by  Buchan  Hero. 

Although  in  the  early  period  of  the  herd's  ex- 
istence good  bulls  from  good  herds  were  used,  yet 
advancement  has  been  made  in  this  respect. 
About  six  years  ago  Borger  &  Son  bought  of 
Howell  Rees  the  roan,  Fame's  Goods,  a  son  of 
Ruberta's  Goods,  one  of  the  great  sires  of  the 
United  States.  Fame's  Goods  is  out  of  imp. 
Princess  Fame.  He  proved  an  excellent  sire  and 
was  followed  by  Fair  Champion,  a  son  of  the 


482  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

noted  Fair  Acres  Sultan.  Fair  Champion  is 
very  popular  among  Shorthorn  men  and  will 
do  his  share  toward  boosting  the  Fair  Acres 
Sultan  family.  One  of  his  daughters  from 
the  Borger  herd,  only  a  little  past  a  year  old, 
sold  at  the  Royal  sale  in  1919  for  a  big  price 
written  in  four  figures. 

George  W.  Bemis,  Cawker  City. — These  cattle 
are  exceptionally  well  kept.  The  cows  are  even 
in  size  and  conformation  and  conditions  for  de- 
veloping a  first-class  herd  are  unusually  favor- 
able. Ury  Dale,  a  well  known  son  of  Avondale, 
has  done  service-  in  the  herd  and  has  left  an 
impress  for  good,  quite  apparent  to  the  visitor. 
Mated  with  daughters  of  such  bulls  as  Prime 
Minister  by  imp.  Prince  of  Perth  out  of  an  own 
sister  to  Lavender  Viscount;  Proud  Orion,  T. 
P.  Babst's  son  of  imp.  Daydreams  Pride;  Gold- 
en Prince,  the  Dryden  bred  son  of  Prince  Glos- 
ter,  sire  of  the  $10000  Prince  Imperial  and  num- 
erous others  of  similar  quality,  results  could 
not  be  disappointing.  The  output  of  the  Bemis 
herd  has  been  well  appraised  by  the  buying  pub- 
lie  wherever  offered. 

C.  L.  Hendricks,  Glen  Elder.— "  Shorthorns 
for  beef  and  milk"  is  Mr.  Hendricks'  slogan  and 
with  ten  females  and  an  outstanding  bull  he  will 
proceed  in  the  production  of  that  kind  of  cows. 
Matchless  Collynie  was  first  prize  bull  in  the 
Milking  Shorthorn  class  at  the  Denver  Live 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  483 

Stock  Show  in  1919.  He  comes  from  the  Kansas 
State  Agricultural  College  and  is  by  Matchless 
Dale,  sire  of  more  prize  winning  and  grand 
champion  beef  steers  at  the  Royal  and  Interna- 
tional than  any  other  trio  of  bulls  of  the  breed. 
Matchless  Collynie's  dam,  Cream  Toast,  would 
make  a  strong  show  in  beef  classes,  yet  she  gave 
more  milk  during  the  test  now  under  way  at  the 
college  than  any  other  of  the  twenty  good  milk- 
ing cows  in  the  herd.  Her  sire  is  Ingle  Lad, 
every  one  of  whose  daughters  is  a  great  breeder 
of  beefy  Shorthorns  and  every  one  is  a  heavy 
milker. 

E.  W.  Runft,  Cawker  City.— Mr.  Eunft  is  a 
new  man  in  the  Shorthorn  business.  He  has 
youth,  a  good  location  in  which  to  build  up  a 
herd,  and  the  determination  to  have  a  good  herd. 
His  cows  carry  prestige  through  their  sires.  He 
has  daughters  of  Missie's  Sultan,  son  of  Victor 
Sultan  out  of  Sinnissippi  Missie;  of  Fame's 
Goods,  son  of  Ruberta's  Goods  and  imp.  Princ- 
ess Fame  and  of  Sir  Hugo  by  Snowf lake's  Stamp 
350358  out  of  Fairy  Daybreak  2d.  His  herd  bull 
is  Happy  Prince,  a  Tomson  bred  son  of  Prince 
Valentine  4th,  a  show  and  breeding  bull  of  the 
first  class.  Happy  Prince  is  out  of  Harmony 
18th  by  Golden  Day,  half  brother  to  Sweet  Mis- 
tletoe, dam  of  the  $4100  Imperial  Mistletoe  and 
Lespedeza  Collynie,  International  grand  cham- 
pion in  1919. 


484  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

MONTGOMERY  COUNTY 

H.  M.  Hill,  Lafontaine.* — Those  who  have 
read  the  H.  M.  Hill  sketch  in  Part  I  will  be  aware 
of  the  fact  that  a  splendid  foundation  for  a  real 
Shorthorn  herd  was  well  laid.  Those  who  have 
not  read  it  are  asked  to  do  so  before  reading  this. 
Sycamore  Springs  Farm  is  almost  an  ideal  home 
for  cattle.  The  best  quality  of  grass,  an  abun- 
dance of  spring  water,  good  alfalfa  land,  two 
silos  and  natural  shelter  furnish  the  means  of 
producing  the  best  kind  of  cattle. 

About  forty  high-class  females  and  two  bulls 
are  kept  on  the  farm.  Some  of  these  cows  have 
an  individual  history,  not  only  as  great  speci- 
mens of  the  breed  but  as  great  producers.  A 
number  of  them  are  considered  foundation  cows 
for  the  herd.  Among  those  so  classed  is  the  big 
roan,  Wistful,  by  Collynie  out  of  Wistaria  by 
Eoyal  Knight,  second  dam,  Spirea  by  imp.  Royal 
Pirate.  (See  Hanna  sketch.)  She  has  to  her 
credit  a  dozen  calves.  Every  one  of  her  bulls 
went  to  head  a  good  herd  at  a  good  price  and  her 
heifers  grew  into  good  cows  that  are  regular 
breeders.  This  cow,  though  fifteen  years  old, 
suckled  a  calf  last  summer  and  hardly  looked  her 
years.  Her  pedigree,  whether  from  the  view- 
point of  present  popularity  or  of  individual 
merit  in  ancestry  could  not  be  excelled  and  a  lot 


Ship  on  Mo.  Pac.,  Santa  Fe  or  Frisco. 


486  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

of  young  cows  of  her  breeding,  size  and  quality 
would  be  almost  invaluable. 

I  might  continue  in  this  way  with  a  number  of 
the  cows  but  shall  call  attention  in  detail 
to  only  a  few.  Princess  Columbia,  an  eleven- 
year-old,  1800  pound  cow  on  grass  alone,  is  the 
only  daughter  of  Prince  of  Collynie  left  in  the 
herd.  One  of  her  bulls,  Kansas  Prince,  is  the 
sire  of  a  sensational  lot  of  calves  shown  by  O. 
O.  Massa  at  the  Southeast  Kansas  Shorthorn 
Show  at  Coff eyville  in  April  1919.  Another,  a 
three-year-old  bull  now  used  by  Barrett  &  Land, 
is  one  of  the  best  young  bulls  I  have  seen  and 
reminds  me  of  old  Prince  of  Collynie,  his  grand- 
sire.  Another  Collynie  cow  in  the  herd  is  the 
roan,  Emily,  sold  as  a  heifer  to  Bellows  Bros. 
for  $500.  She  raised  the  bulls  that  for  three 
years  topped  the  Bellows  sales  and  was  bought  by 
Mr.  Hill  in  one  of  their  sales  as  a  ten-year-old 
cow  for  $1000.  Sycamore  Spiraea,  also  by  Col- 
lynie and  an  own  sister  to  Prince  of  Collynie,  is 
another  massive  1800  pound  breeding  cow  with 
numerous  descendants  in  the  herd.  Still  an- 
other Collynie  cow  is  Sarcasm  that  went  from 
Mr.  Hanna's  to  Bellows  Bros,  and  found  her  way 
back  to  Sycamore  Springs.  She  is  a  typical  big 
Shorthorn. 

This  sketch  might  become  tiresome  to  those 
who  are  not  Shorthorn  enthusiasts  if  I  should 
undertake  to  tell  of  each  of  the  animals, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  487 

individually,  especially  since  the  cows  mentioned 
are  foundation  stock  and  will  suffice  to  indicate 
the  quality  of  the  herd.  A  valuable  addition  was 
made  at  the  Holmes-Harris  sale  in  November 
1918.  Crystal  Maid,  bred  by  J.  F.  Stodder  and 
sired  by  Captain  Archer,  one. of  the  best  bulls  of 
the  breed  and  out  of  the  show  cow,  Innocence,  by 
Mr.  Nelson's  imp.  Bapton  Arrow,  was  bought  at 
the  top  price  of  the  sale.  This  cow  is  not  only  by 
the  sire  of  show  stock  of  international  repute  and 
out  of  a  show  cow  sired  by  a  wonderful  bull,  but 
si ic  herself  has  a  showy ard  record  not  equalled 
by  any  other  Kansas  cow  now  living.  In  addition 
to  this  she  is  very  prolific  and  an  excellent  breed- 
er and  she,  as  well  as  the  calf  annually  shown 
with  her  at  the  Kansas  State  Fair,  has  excited 
the  admiration  of  the  Shorthorn  fraternity. 

At  the  Gillespie  sale  where  a  rare  collection  of 
top  cows  called  out  buyers  from  many  states,  Mr. 
Hill  bought  three  excellent  cows  by  Hampton 
Spray.  They  were  all  bred  to  Roan  Lord, 
the  son  of  Maxwalton  Roan  Lady  and  were 
selected  with  the  view  of  getting  a  herd  bull  for 
use  at  Sycamore  Springs.  Three  bull  calves  are 
now  following  these  cows  in  the  pasture  and  are 
being  closely  watched  for  development.  That 
they  are  good  prospects  goes  without  saying. 

The  sketch  above  was  written  in  June  1919  and 
it  applies  now  as  forcibly  as  it  did  at  that  time. 

Mr.  Hill  is  not  partial  to  any  blood  lines  to 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


489 


the  point  of  placing  individual  merit  second.  He 
recognizes,  full  well,  that  the  Scotch  cattle  saved 
the  American  Shorthorn,  but  he  refuses  to  accept 
the  theory  that  all  merit  rests  in  the  so-called 
Scotch  families.  On  this  farm  are  found  several 
very  valuable  cows  and  their  descendants  that 
come  from  Mr.  Vailc's  noted  importation  from 
the  J.  I.  D.  Jefferson  herd.  These  cows  are  by 
Secret  Archer,  a  full  brother  to  Wistful,  men- 
tioned above.  The  two-year-old  heifer,  that  in 
John  Kramer's  herd  won  top  honors  and  sold  at 


GAZELLE  8TH  AND  CALF 
Noted  prize  winners  have  come  from  this  family. 

the  American  Royal  Sale  in  November  1918  for 
$1250  for  export  to  South  America  was  out  of 
one  of  these  cows  and  by  Mistletoe  Archer,  a  bull 
of  Mr.  Hill's  breeding.  He  is  selling  with 


490  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

regularity  his  calves  from  these  and  other  cows 
of  similar  breeding  at  the  same  scale  of  prices  as 
those  from  Scotch  families.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
the  blood  lines  and  the  individual  merit  are  the 
same. 

Among  the  bulls  in  recent  use  at  Sycamore 
Springs  was  Mistletoe  Archer  by  Prince  Royal, 
Mr.  Hanna's  son  of  imp.  Collynie  and  imp.  Prin- 
cess Royal  62d.  Mistletoe  Archer's  dam  was 


A  SAMPLE  -OF  SYCAMORE 
SPRINGS  PRODUCTION 

Sweet  Mistletoe  also  by  Collynie  and  out  of  imp. 
Mistletoe  15th.  Sweet  Mistletoe  is  not  only  an 
own  sister  to  Captain  Archer  and  Pride  of  Col- 
lynie, but  she  is  the  dam  of  the  $4100  Imperial 
Mistletoe  and  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  In- 
ternational grand  champion.  Mistletoe  Archer 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  491 

proved  an  exceptional  sire  and  several  young 
cows  of  Ms  get  are  on  the  farm. 

In  1915  it  seemed  advisable  to  introduce  a  bull 
of  new  blood  for  use  on  the  strongly  bred  Col- 
lynie  cows  and  Master  of  the  Dales  by  Avondale 
was  bought  of  Forbes  &  Son.  A  full  brother  to 
this  bull  made  quite  a  reputation  in  the  Bobbins 
herd  and  the  calves  in  the  Forbes  herd  by  Mas- 
ter of  the  Dales  gave  Mr.  Hill  reasonable  assur- 
ance that  the  bull  would  be  a  success  with  him.  In 
this  he  was  not  disappointed  for  Master  of  the 
Dales  has  corrected  the  only  serious  fault  urged 
against  the  get  of  imp.  Collynie,  a  plainness  in 
the  hind  quarter  and,  while  I  have  seen  few  of  his 
get  older  than  yearlings,  I  was  much  impressed 
with  their  uniformity.  They  have  been  in  great 
demand  at  good  prices  which  indicates  that  they 
are  prime  favorites  with  the  buying  public.  In 
numerous  instances  a  high  price  has  been  fixed 
on  the  heifers  purposely  to  retain  them  in  the 
herd,  but  even  then  buyers  have  taken  most  of 
them  away. 

It  may  readily  be  inferred  from  the  preceding 
statements  that  Mr.  Hill  holds  in  high  esteem 
the  get  of  Mistletoe  Archer.  In  fact  he  was  sold 
before  his  real  worth  as  a  sire  had  been  demon- 
strated. The  old  bull  being  no  longer  available, 
Mr.  Hill  has  bought  back  one  of  his  sons  and  he 
is  being  liberally  used  this  season  (1920).  This 
bull  is  a  big,  stretchy  roan  out  of  Ingle's  Secret 


492  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Ingle  Lad  and,  barring  the  possibility  of  too 
close  a  relationship  with  the  Sycamore  Springs 
cows,  he  should  prove  an  outstanding  sire,  for  his 
immediate  ancestry  consists  of  Shorthorns  re- 
markable for  size,  beef iness,  milking  quality  and 
smooth  covering  of  flesh. 

I  have  perhaps  spoken  at  greater  length  of  Mr. 
HilPs  operations  because  I  have  had  occasion  to 


TWO  OF  THE  COWS  THAT  LEFT  SYCAMORE  SPRINGS  STOCK 
FARM  AND  MADE  A  REPUTATION  AS  GREAT  PRODUCERS 

Left — Princess  Airdrie  sold  to  go  to  Montana  where  she  pro- 
duced cattle  that  were  excellent  winners  in  the  big  western  shows. 

Right — Sweet  Mistletoe,  sold  to  Lespedeza  farm  in  Tennessee 
where  she  produced  Imperial  Mistletoe,  leading  American  show  bull, 
sold  for  $4100  and  Lespedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  International  grand 
champion. 

become  familiar  with  his  work  and  from  fre- 
quent inspection  I  have  come  to  know  the  herd 
quite  well.  I  might  suggest  that  had  he  kept 
his  best  females,  instead  of  putting  a  price  on 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  493 

them  and  letting  them  go,  in  most  cases  where 
they  were  lost  to  the  breed,  he  would  have  sub- 
stantially advanced  his  interests  as  a  breeder. 

When  I  think  back  over  the  great  array  of 
cows  and  heifers  that  have  been  sold  from  this 
herd,  that  if  retained  would  have  given  material 
such  as  few  breeders  ever  gather  together,  I  am 
inclined  to  state  as  my  best  judgment  that  had 
Mr.  Hill's  make-up  been  such  as  to  exclude  com- 
mercialism, the  Sycamore  Springs  herd  would 
stand  today  with  few  rivals.  I  do  not  question 
his  success  as  a  breeder  for  not  many  men  in 
Kansas  can  show  results  such  as  he  has  shown.  I 
am  only  thinking  that  selling  such  cows  as  Syca- 
more Secret,  Collynie  Violet,  Sweet  Mistletoe 
and  others  I  could  mention,  and  pricing  his  best 
young  cows  and  heifers  only  to  have  them  taken 
off  the  farm,  may  be  good  business  but  it  certain- 
ly has  limited  his  possibilities  as  a  breeder. 

Mr.  Hill,  while  enthusiastic  for  Shorthorns,  is 
also  a  leader  in  all  things  pertaining  to  rural  life. 
He  is  a  farmer  in  the  larger  sense.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  County  Farm  Bureau  arid  always  the 
right  hand  man  of  the  county  agent.  His  activ- 
ities extend  to  everything  in  which  his  commun- 
ity and  his  county  and  his  neighboring  counties 
are  interested.  Fourteen  years  of  quite  intimate 
acquaintance  justifies  the  assertion  that  south- 
east Kansas  could  ill  spare  Howard  M.  Hill  and 
his  fine  family. 


494  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

O.  O.  Massa  &  Sons,  Jefferson. — Mr.  Massa 
has  a  herd  of  more  than  forty  females,  several  of 
which  are  additions  made  in  1920.  Princess  Vio- 
let 4th  by  Prince  Pavonia  has  size  and  is  an  ex- 
ceptional breeding  cow..  Her  bulls  have  gone  to 
head  Shorthorn  herds  and  three  of  her  heifers 
are  among  the  best  cows  on  the  farm.  Fashion- 
ette  7th  is  by  Wooddale  Chieftain,  one  of  the  best 
sons  of  Mr.  Gentry's  Choice  of  All.  Her  dam 
was  by  Lord  Mayor  3d  of  the  same  breeding  as 
New  Year 's  Delight,  grand  champion  everywhere 
in  the  West  including  the  American  Royal.  An- 
other of  the  valuable  cows  is  Alma  2d.  Her  sire 
was  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Lord  Cowslip  and  her  dam  was  an  elegant  large 
cow  by  Violet's  Knight  177894.  Matchless  Dale, 
the  grand  old  son  of  Avondale  with  more  prize 
winning  steers  to  his  credit  than  has  any  other 
bull  of  any  breed  that  ever  lived,  has  a  splendid 
three-year-old  daughter  in  the  herd,  Miss  Nom- 
inee. She  comes  from  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College  and  her  dam  was  from  W.  I. 
Wood's  noted  Ohio  herd.  Her  twelve-month-old 
heifer  is  a  promising  roan  by  Narcissus  Type, 
one  of  the  best  sons  of  Cumberland  Type.  Em- 
blem's Alicia  is  a  1600  pound  beefy  daughter  of 
the  Dawe  show  bull,  Diamond  Emblem.  This 
cow  is  feminine  and  breedy  in  appearance 
and  is  from  the  best  ancestry.  A  remarkable 
pair  are  the  roan  heifer  Laura  Belle  and  her 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  495 

six-month-old  lieif er  calf.  This  young  cow  is  only 
twenty-six  months  old  and  both  she  and  the  calf 
are  large  and  exceptionally  smooth.  Indications 
are  that  they  will  be  very  valuable.  Carrie  Rosa- 
mond, two  crosses  from  C.  E.  Leonard's  Charm- 
ing Rosamond,  is  by  Senator,  a  bull  bred  at  Elm- 
endorf  and  sired  by  Marino's  Champion.  Her 
dam  is  of  the  regular  Leonard  line  of  breeding. 
Sultan's  Beauty,  a  massive  four-year-old  roan,  is 
by  the  International  grand  champion,  True  Sul- 
tan. This  cow  has  an  unusual  spring  of  rib,  a 
deep  body  and  a  very  thick  covering  of  flesh  and 
is  a  splendid  daughter  of  the  great  sire.  Royal 
Queen  bred  by  Ewing  Bros,  is  an  elegant  1600 
pound  cow  that  is  suckling  a  bull  calf  by  that  out- 
standing sire  of  prize  winners,  Linwood  Dale. 
This  calf  is  big  and  lusty  but  he  was  three  and 
one-half  months  old  before  he  could  take  all  the 
milk  his  mother  gave.  As  a  typical  dual-purpose 
Shorthorn  cow  Royal  Queen  has  few  equals.  One 
of  the  elegant  females  on  the  farm  is  the  three- 
year-old  red,  Lady  of  Walnut  Grove  2d,  bred  by 
W.  A.  McMehon  of  Missouri.  At  least  two  good 
judges  have  pronounced  this  heifer  superb.  Her 
sire  is  by  Sultan's  Heir,  a  son  of  Glenbrook  Sul- 
tan. Her  dam  is  by  Prince  Mistletoe,  a  son  of 
Mr.  Hanna's  Prince  Royal  out  of  Mistletoe  2d, 
an  own  sister  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  two  of 
America 's  most  noted  bulls,  also  to  Captain  Arch- 
er, famous  sire  of  show  stock  for  J.  F.  Stodder 


496  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

and  to  Pride  of  Collynie,  a  great  sire  in  John 
McCoy's  herd.  Her  second  dam  is  by  Golden 
Lancaster,  almost  a  full  brother  to  Lavender  Vis- 
count. This  cow  is  suckling  a  seven-month-old 
heifer  that  is  a  first-class  show  and  breeding 
prospect  and  the  cow  herself  is  carrying  smooth, 
heavy  flesh  on  grass  alone.  Another  of  the  best 
things  on  the  farm  is  a  red  by  Village  Archer,  a 
son  of  Gregg's  Villager,  out  of  a  daughter  of 
Barmpton  Knight.  Her  dam  is  also  by  Barmp- 
ton  Knight  followed  by  Gallant  Knight  and  Vis- 
count of  Anoka,  giving  her  in  the  first  four 
crosses  four  of  the  best  bulls  that  could  be  found 
west  of  the  Mississippi.  The  cows  in  the  entire 
herd  are  well  loaded  with  the  best  blood  of  the 
breed.  They  are  good  producers  and  are  being 
bred  to  one  of  the  best  sires  ever  owned  in  south- 
east Kansas,  the  roan,  Kansas  Prince. 

Kansas  Prince  is  a  massive  son  of  Mistletoe 
Archer.  He  is  open  to  slight  criticism  at  each 
end  but  he  has  a  great  middle  and  stands  near 
the  ground.  As  a  sire  Kansas  Prince  has  few 
equals  in  the  state.  Every  one  of  his  calves  I 
have  seen  is  almost  faultless  and,  regardless  of 
the  class  of  cows,  the  calves  are  show  stock  of  the 
better  type  and  great  growers  and  fleshers.  At 
the  Southeast  Kansas  Shorthorn  Show  in  Cof- 
feyville  the  Kansas  Prince  calves  took  second 
place  in  only  one  instance.  It  seemed  next  to 
useless  to  show  against  them.  The  oldest  of 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  497 

these  calves  at  twenty  months  weighed  1550 
pounds  and  he  had  not  been  pushed  heavily. 
Kansas  Prince  comes  by  this  worth  honestly.  His 
sire  is  by  Prince  Royal,  son  of  imp.  Collynie  and 
imp.  Princess  Royal  62d  and  out  of  Sweet  Mis- 
tletoe, the  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  grand 
champion  at  the  International  in  1919.  The  dam 
of  Kansas  Prince  is  Princess  Columbia,  an  1800 
pound  daughter  of  Prince  of  Collynie,  one  of  the 
most  remarkable,  big,  beefy  bulls  I  have  ever 
seen.  He,  too,  was  by  imp.  Collynie  and  his  dam 
was  by  Royal  Knight,  probably  the  best  son  of 
the  great  cow,  imp.  Princess  Alice. 

I.  L.  Swinney,  Independence.* — Mr.  Swin- 
ney's  original  purchases  were  mainly  of  stock 
coming  through  the  Hill  and  Hanna  herds  and 
typical  of  their  lines  of  breeding.  One  of  the 
splendid  females  bought  was  the  Hanna  bred 
Sempstress,  a  big  roan  of  excellent  quality  by  the 
show  bull  imp.  Inglewood.  This  cow,  bought 
high  at  an  American  Royal  sale,  was  the  dam  of  a 
number  of  bulls,  one  of  which  was  Inglelynie, 
well  known  in  the  herds  of  J.  T.  Bayer  and  Laub- 
er  Bros.  When  seventeen  years  old,  Sempstress 
produced  a  heifer  calf,  sold  for  $500  at  twelve 
months  in  the  1919  Independence  sale.  A  num- 
ber of  her  other  descendants  are  still  retained. 
A  later  purchase  was  Secret  Goods,  a  large 


*       Rural   Route   5;    near    Crane    Station   on    Santa   Fe;    telephone, 
Elk  City. 


498  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

showy  cow  bred  by  G.  H.  Hasebrook,  sired  by  the 
Good  Choice  bull,  Roan  Goods,  out  of  a  dam  by 
Lavender  Viscount  2d.  A  Tomson  bred  daugh- 
ter of  Archer,  dam  by  Gallant  Knight,  and  a 
McDermott  bred  daughter  of  Fair  Goods  furnish 
an  idea  of  the  blood  lines  acquired  by  purchase 
in  recent  years  and  add  to  the  attractiveness  of 
the  herd. 

The  bulls  used  have  been  such  as  to  enhance 
the  value  of  the  blood  lines  and  conserve  the  high 
standard  of  the  cattle.  Captain,  a  son  of  Col- 
lynie  out  of  Mr.  Hanna's  excellent  cow  Lilac, 
(see  Hanna  sketch)  was  one  of  the  best  breeders 
and  the  few  heifers  I  have  seen  by  him  were  of 
outstanding  merit.  Fortune  was  another  Col- 
lynie  bull  used  liberally.  Royalist,  a  son  of 
Prince  Royal,  was  another.  Prince  Royal,  him- 
self, was  used  for  a  while  and  Mr.  Swinney  also 
used  the  well  known  Sultan  Victor.  A  few  more 
bulls,  all  of  like  quality  and  breeding,  have  seen 
service  in  the  herd. 

Among  the  best  things  recently  acquired  are 
five  heifers  bought  in  1919.  They  are  attractive 
in  appearance  and  their  pedigrees  will  please. 
With  the  wealth  of  ancestry  represented,  Mr. 
Swinney  will  be  able  to  attain  any  reasonable 
degree  of  success  for  which  he  works.  The  cat- 
tle sold  from  his  herd  have  responded  to  feeding 
and  have  almost  invariably  been  a  good  buy  for 
the  purchaser. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  499 

John  Frye,  Independence. — Mr.  Frye  is  one  of 
the  men  who  by  reason  of  environment  is  able  to 
secure  great  results  in  the  production  of  live 
stock.  His  location  on  a  farm  with  excellent  pas- 
ture and  heavy  crops  of  alfalfa  and  forage,  is 
ideal.  Furthermore,  Mr.  Frye  is  equipped  by 
years  of  training  in  farming  and  he  has  had 
almost  a  life  association  with  Shorthorns.  Mrs. 
Frye  is  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  old  Shorthorn 
families  of  Iowa  and  was  a  near  neighbor  of  pro- 
minent Shorthorn  breeders.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frye  are  active  physically  and  mentally  and  have 
unbounded  enthusiasm  for  the  work.  "We  have 
been  wheating  it  and  getting  this  high  priced  al- 
falfa off  these  war  times  and  have  neglected  our 
cattle,"  Mr.  Frye  said  to  me,  and  results  proved 
the  correctness  of  his  assertion. 

Never-the-less,  the  Frye  cattle  are  worthy  of 
more  than  passing  notice.  There  are  now  eight- 
een good  females  in  the  herd,  nearly  all  de- 
scended from  a  Potts  Emma  cow,  Lady  Emma 
by  Ingle  Lad,  purchased  from  H.  M.  Hill  some 
years  ago.  This  cow,  in  common  with  most 
Ingle  Lad  cows,  was  a  great  milker  and 
her  descendants  in  the  herd  are  a  splen- 
did lot  of  cows  of  .good  size  that  would 
excite  the  admiration  of  even  a  dairyman, 
yet  they  are  of  true  Shorthorn  type  and  repre- 
sent the  class  of  cattle  needed  by  the  average 
farmer  on  a  small  farm  who  must  produce  both 


500  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

beef  and  milk.  A  recent  and  valuable  addition 
is  a  young  cow  of  Mrs.  Grace  Blake's 
breeding,  sired  by  Lavender  Lord.  Shortly  after 
Mr.  Frye  had  purchased  this  heifer  she  gave 
birth  to  a  first-class  heifer  calf  by  imp.  Bapton 
Corporal.  A  Bellows  bred  bull  has  been  used  for 
several  years  and,  being  desirous  of  continuing 
the  building  of  a  high-class  herd,  Mr.  Frye  is 
on  the  lookout  for  a  good  tried  sire  which  will 
be  all  that  is  needed  in  his  operations. 

P.  P.  Asher  &  Son,  Independence. — The  Asher 
farm  is  favorably  located  for  the  production  of 
cattle.  In  initial  purchases  made  at  the  Cof  f  ey- 
ville  sale  in  April  1919  the  Ashers  showed  un- 
usual discrimination  and  as  a  result  they  have 
a  small  herd  that  would  attract  attention  any- 
where. They  further  showed  their  judgment  and 
enterprise  by  sending  females  to  Sycamore 
Springs  to  be  bred  to  Master  of  the  Dales.  Their 
purchases  included  the  good  young  cow,  May 
Rose  by  the  splendid  show  and  breeding  bull, 
Lord  Mayor  3d,  with  bull  calf  at  foot  by  Secret 
Eobin,  the  bull  bought  by  Miss  Stanley  of  An- 
thony to  head  her  high  priced  herd.  The  dam  of 
May  Rose  is  by  Secret  Archer,  sire  of  J.  F.  Stod- 
der 's  cows,  that  bred  to  Captain  Archer  produced 
his  show  cattle.  Another  is  Belle  of  Havana  4th, 
by  a  son  of  Captain  Archer,  full  brother  to  Sweet 
Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  grand 
champion  at  the  International  in  1919. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  501 

The  bull  that  was  bought  to  head  the  herd  is 
Chanute  Pride.  His  sire,  Royal  Gloster,  is  by 
imp.  Daydreams  Pride,  not  only  a  show  bull  but 
also  a  fine  breeder.  His  dam  is  by  Aberdeen, 
practically  a  full  brother  to  Mr.  Hill's  Ingle  Lad 
and  out  of  Sycamore  Spiraea,  an  1800  pound  cow 
on  grass,  and  own  sister  to  Prince  of  Collynie, 
one  of  the  great  bulls  of  the  breed.  Syringia, 
dam  of  Sycamore  Spiraea,  is  one  of  Mr.  Hanna's 
best  productions. 

Watkins  Bros.,  Cherryvale. — This  firm  began 
breeding  Shorthorns  three  years  ago  and  results 
observed  while  visiting  the  herd  prove  that  their 
foundation  stock  was  wisely  selected.  The  top 
crosses  in  the  pedigrees  show  an  infusion  of 
blood  from  such  well  known  bulls  as  Silvermine, 
Collynie,  St.  Valentine  12th,  Scotland's  Charm, 
Fortune,  Searchlight,  imp.  Prince  Lovely,  Sul- 
tan Victor,  Good  Choice  and  Best  of  Goods.  This 
should  furnish  a  most  satisfactory  foundation 
for  the  practical  man  but  this  is  only  half  the 
herd. 

The  other  half,  doubtless  the  more  important, 
is  a  white  bull  by  True  Sultan,  International 
prize  winning  son  of  Whitehall  Marshall,  Inter- 
national grand  champion  and  one  of  the  best  sons 
of  Whitehall  Sultan.  This  young  bull  is  a  big, 
beefy  fellow  by  virtue  of  inheritance.  His  dam 
was  Ingle's  Secret  by  Ingle  Lad.  Ingle's  Secret 
as  a  six-month-old  calf  weighed  about  600  pounds 


502  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

and  sucked  a  three-year-old  heifer  that  weighed 
more  than  1600,  while  the  cow  and  calf  were  on 
pasture  without  grain.  This  heifer  and  her  calf 
were  a  most  remarkable  pair  for  their  ages.  The 
heifer  was  Sycamore  Secret  by  Collynie,  full  of 
the  best  blood  known  in  Shorthorn  history.  Wat- 
kins  Bros,  had  the  honor  of  winning  the  junior 
and  grand  championships  on  bulls  at  the  South- 
east Kansas  Shorthorn  Show  at  Coffeyville  in 
1919,  with  a  ten-inoiith-old  calf  of  their  breeding. 
R.  E.  Webb,  Wayside. — Mr.  Webb  engaged 
with  his  father  in  breeding  Shorthorns  in  1905 
and  for  the  past  eight  years  has  been  working  on 
his  own  account.  One  of  his  best  cows  is  Cather- 
ine Victoria  by  Rosewood  2d,  a  son  of  Rosewood 
by  imp.  Inglewood  out  of  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scot- 
tish Archer.  Two  good  cows  were  purchased  at 
the  Stodder  dispersion  and  one  of  these,  Silver 
Creek  Sylvia  by  Lord  Thistle,  is  still  on  the  farm 
with  several  female  descendants.  Butterfly's 
Fortune  by  Alice's  Fortune  is  another  of  the 
more  desirable  cows.  Her  sire  is  by  Fortune,  a 
well  known  son  of  Collynie,  used  for  several 
years  by  I.  L.  Swinney.  Mr.  Webb  has  a  bull 
that  should  be  highly  satisfactory.  His  sire  is 
Secret  Baron  by  Snowstorm,  son  of  Snowflake, 
sire  of  the  three  times  International  grand  cham- 
pion, Ringmaster.  His  dam  is  by  Collynie  Choice, 
a  son  of  Collynie  out  of  a  daughter  of  Choice 
Goods. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  503 

Mr.  Webb's  location  near  a  section  given  to 
cattle  breeding  is  in  his  favor  and  guarantees  a 
market  for  all  the  stock  he  can  produce. 

C.  D.  Bird,  Cherryvale.— Mr.  Bird  bought 
three  good  bred  heifers  at  the  Coffeyville  sale 
in  1919  and  raised  three  calves  from  them  that 
season.  Two  were  by  Sir  Hampton,  a  sire  of 
splendid  stock.  Sir  Hampton  was  by  Hampton 
Spray  out  of  a  Prince  Royal  dam.  The  dams 
were  by  Collynie  Goods,  Rosewood  and  Prince 
Imperial  2d,  three  excellent  bulls.  Victor  Gloster, 
the  bull  sold  at  Independence  in  1919  with  the 
Holcomb  herd,  is  the  sire  in  use.  One  of  the  best 
young  bulls  ever  shown  and  sold  at  any  Southeast 
Kansas  sale  was  consigned  by  Mr.  Bird  to  the 
1919  fall  sale. 

C.  A.  Chamberlin,  Cherryvale. — Mr.  Chamber- 
lin  has  seven  females  which  he  uses  partially  for 
dairy  purposes,  believing  this  necessary  under 
small  farm  conditions.  That  returns  are  satis- 
factory is  demonstrated  by  a  visit  to  the  farm. 
The  cows  are  strong  in  the  blood  of  Collynie, 
Choice  Goods  and  Alice's  Prince.  Farther  down 
they  carry  the  blood  of  Baron  Victor,  Godoy  and 
Scarlet  Knight.  Mr.  Chamberlin  is  using  Mr. 
Watkins '  bull.  (  See  Watkins  sketch. ) 

J.  C.  Foster,  Cherryvale. — Mr.  Foster  bought 
good  milking  Shorthorn  cows  of  Peck  &  Son  and 
Mr.  Peck  assures  me  the  cows  were  well  chosen. 
The  object  is  to  produce  a  good  sized  Shorthorn 


504  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

cow  that  will  raise  profitable  beef  cattle  and  give 
sufficient  milk  to  fully  pay  her  keep.  Mr.  Foster 
will  find  a  broad  demand  for  the  produce  of  these 
cattle  as  the  small  farmer  must  eventually  have 
this  very  class  of  stock. 

W.  C.  Hall,  Coffeyville.— Dr.  Hall,  proprietor 
of  Hall  Stock  Farm,  believes  in  breeding  the 
horns  off  and  is  using  strongly  bred  Polled  bulls. 
Among  the  cows  Ingle  Princess,  one  of  the  best, 
comes  from  H.  M.  Hill.  Her  sire,  Sunblaze,  was 
by  Ingle  Lad  out  of  old  Wistful,  one  of  the  out- 
standing cows  of  the  breed.  The  dam  of  Ingle 
Princess  was  from  the  Nevius  herd.  Ingle  Rose, 
a  double  standard,  is  by  Ingle  Lad  out  of  a 
Polled  cow  by  Field  Marshall  164475.  There  are 
fifteen  females  in  the  herd  and  the  breeding  of 
Shorthorns  is  to  be  continued.  The  double  stan- 
dard bull,  Evergreen  Sultan  by  the  International 
grand  champion,  True  Sultan,  is  in  service.  The 
product  of  this  farm  should  be  a  valuable  adjunct 
to  Montgomery  county  agriculture,  as  well  as 
being  a  source  of  much  recreation  to  Dr.  Hall. 

H.  L.  Higday,  Independence. — Mr.  Higday  is 
making  a  start  with  Shorthorns.  He  has  a  num- 
ber of  good  cows  among  which  is  Rosebud's  Lav- 
ender by  Rosebud's  Secret,  a  son  of  Secret  Arch- 
er, one  of  the  best  bulls  in  southeast  Kansas.  In 
addition  to  Rosebud's  Secret  there  was  used  a 
bull,  Imperial  Duke  by  Fortune,  a  well  known 
son  of  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  Lord  Cowslip  cow. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  505 

Another  dash  of  excellent  blood  comes  in  through 
Captain  by  Collynie  out  of  the  well  known  cow, 
Lilac.  Twentieth  Earl  of  Valley  Grove  by  Lord 
Mayor  also  contributes  to  the  quality  of  the  herd. 
Six  select  females  purchased  from  J.  C.  Rob- 
ison  have  recently  been  added.  Like  all  of  Mr. 
Robison's  cattle,  these  cows  have  plenty  of  size, 
combined  with  finish.  Alfalfa  and  a  silo 
complete  the  story  of  Mr.  Higday's  operations. 

J.  L.  Knotts,  Caney. — For  about  twenty  years 
Mr.  Knotts  has  been  connected  with  the  Short- 
horn industry  and  for  the  past  ten  years  he  has 
been  breeding  on  his  own  account.  His  herd  of 
nine  cows  is  descended  from  one  cow  that  carried 
in  two  top  crosses  the  blood  of  Rosewood,  son  of 
imp.  Inglewood  and  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish 
Archer  and  of  imp.  Craven  Knight.  Mr.  Knotts 
also  owns  a  splendid  producing  daughter  of 
Harding,  a  full  brother  to  Mr.  HilPs  Sarcasm. 
He  is  using  the  bull,  Hallwood  Goods  by  Hall- 
wood  Mint,  a  son  of  Choice  Goods  Model  and 
Hallwood  Violet  by  Headlight.  The  breeding 
of  this  bull  is  elegant  and  he  has  proved  his  worth 
as  a  sire  by  three  years  service  in  the  herd  of  A. 
Hamm  &  Son. 

A.  G.  Powell,  Liberty. — Mr.  Powell  has  been 
breeding  Shorthorns  for  eleven  years.  He  has  a 
herd  of  about  twenty  females,  nearly  all  de- 
scended from  a  Cruickshank  Orange  Blos- 
som cow  purchased  from  L.  T.  Frederick  of 


506  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Nebraska.  Mr.  Powell  has  not  given  his  cattle 
the  attention  necessary  to  secure  the  most  profit- 
able returns  but  he  has  decided  to  make  a  busi- 
ness of  the  matter  from  now  on  and  with  a  nice 
and  very  popularly  bred  foundation  and  with 
plenty  of  alfalfa  he  will  be  able  to  put  up  a  real 
Shorthorn  herd.  The  bull  in  use  is  a  Hanna  bred 
son  of  Hampton  Spray  with  the  great,  smooth 
middle  characteristic  of  these  cattle,  a  good  head 
and  neck  and  good  quarters.  He  is  a  typical 
Shorthorn. 

Alex  Thomason,  Havana. — Mr.  Thomason  is 
a  prince  of  good  fellows  with  an  excellent  large 
farm  and  a  good  sized  herd  of  practical,  useful 
Shorthorns.  His  cattle  are  kept  in  medium  con- 
dition, just  right  to  do  well  for  the  purchaser  if 
given  fair  treatment.  The  herd  has  received  an 
infusion  of  Captain  Archer  blood  through  two 
bulls,  Free  Knight  and  Free  Knight  2d.  This 
indicates  quality,  for  Captain  Archer  was  an  own 
brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  the  dam  of  the  1919 
International  grand  champion.  Mr.  Thomason 
has  been  a  contributor  to  the  Southeast  Kansas 
Breeders  sales  and  a  heifer  of  his  breeding  was 
first  in  a  hotly  contested  class  at  the  Southeast 
Kansas  show  at  Cof f eyville  in  1919.  At  the  1919 
fall  show  at  Independence  Mr.  Thomason 
bought  a  good  heifer  representing  the  Hanna 
breeding  with  that  of  H.  C.  Duncan  and  W.  A. 
Harris. 


A    HISTORY  OP  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  507 

MORRIS  COUNTY 

F.  G,  Houghton,  Dunlap. — Mr.  Houghton  has 
been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  eight  years.  While 
his  herd  has  not  been  pushed  for  best  develop- 
ment, yet  like  most  breeders  he  realizes  his 
mistake  and  will  correct  it.  He  is  well 
located,  having  both  pasture  and  alfalfa  land  and 
the  twenty-five  females  now  in  the  herd  are  of 
the  desirable  breeding  kind.  They  are  practical- 
ly all  descended  from  good  bulls  of  good  ancestry 
and  out  of  good  herds.  Among  the  sires  appear- 
ing are  the  Kellerman  bred  King  Edward ;  Chief 
Mist  bred  by  N.  H.  Gentry  by  the  Choice  of  All 
and  out  of  Violet  Mist  7th,  dam  of  Hampton 
Spray ;  Gallant  Knight's  Star  by  Gallant  Knight 
out  of  a  dam  by  Lord  Mayor ;  Lord  Barmpton  by 
F.  M.  Gif ford's  well  known  Lord  Marr,  a  son  of 
Lord  Mayor;  Choice  Prince  by  Prince  of  Tebo 
Lawn  out  of  a  daughter  of  Alice's  Prince ;  Royal 
Goods  by  Select  Goods,  dam  by  Laird  of  Lin- 
wood  and  Victorious  King  by  Victorious,  dam 
by  Secret  Barmpton.  Their  dams  were  from 
bulls  coming  from  such  herds  as  those  of  Tom- 
sons,  Gentry,  Tebo  Lawn,  Joseph  Duncan,  Fred 
Gifford,  S.  C.  Hanna  and  Col.  Harris'  Lin- 
wood  herd. 

Eighth  Josephine  141817  is  one  of  the  best 
cows.  She  is  by  Lord  Barmpton  by  Lord  Marr. 
Pride  5th  comes  from  Meall  Bros.  Her  sire, 


508  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Royal  Goods,  was  by  Select  Goods,  a  son  of  the 
champion,  Choice  Goods  out  of  a  cow  by  Alice's 
Prince,  the  $2000  son  of  imp.  Princess  Alice. 

A  roan  bull  from  John  Regier  heads  the  herd. 
Sir  Edelweiss  is  by  Good  News,  a  bull  used  for  a 
number  of  years  by  Mr.  Regier  with  much  suc- 
cess. He  was  shown  at  three  state  fairs,  winning 
three  firsts.  His  sire  was  New  Goods  by  Choice 
Goods  out  of  a  cow  by  imp.  Collynie.  The  dam 
of  Sir  Edelweiss,  Edelweiss  4th,  was  by  Nonpar- 
eil Star  that  as  a  calf  was  in  George  Bothwell's 
great  show  herd  and  the  dam  of  Edelweiss  4th 
was  by  imp.  Lord  Banff,  one  of  the  best  bulls  of 
his  day.  Mr.  Houghton  successfully  managed 
the  1919  and  1920  Morris  County  Breeders  Sale 
held  at  Council  Grove. 

Robert  P.  Dent,  Council  Grove. — With  an  ex- 
cellent location  for  a  Shorthorn  breeding  estab- 
lishment, Mr.  Dent  has  decided  that  high  priced 
land  and  poor  grade  cattle  do  not  balance  the 
account  and  that  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to 
produce  the  right  kind  of  cattle.  He  bought 
a  few  cows  just  for  a  start  and  they  are  being 
well  cared  for  with  satisfactory  results.  Butter- 
fly, bred  by  D.  A.  Ewing  of  Great  Bend,  was 
sired  by  Choice  Echo,  a  2600  pound  bull  used  by 
Miss  Stanley  and  now  owned  by  Bennington 
Bros.  He  is  a  son  of  New  Goods  out  of  a  dam 
by  Captain  Archer.  Collynie  Briseis  by  imp. 
Collynie  out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Mariner,  sire  in 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  509 

H.  M.  Hill's  herd,  is  one  of  the  best  cows  in  the 
lot.  Clarice  by  Victor  Archer,  the  well  known 
bull  owned  by  Dr.  R.  A.  Stewart,  Minnie  4th  by 
Happy  Choice  a  son  of  Good  Choice  and  Queen's 
Pride  by  the  Tomson  bred  Cherry  Knight  by 
Barmpton  Knight  are  three  good  cows  that  bred 
to  a  good  bull  should  give  the  desired  results. 
In  the  ownership  of  a  bull,  Mr.  Dent  is  co-oper- 
ating with  his  two  sons,  or  rather  he  is  furnish- 
ing the  bull  for  the  three  herds  established  by 
the  family.  This  is  mentioned  that  other  fathers 
may  be  encouraged  to  do  likewise.  The  bull  is  a 
roan,  medium  in  size,  very  evenly  covered,  thick 
mellow  fleshed,  a  fine  looker,  and  what  is  best 
of  all,  a  sire  of  first-rate  calves. 

R.  E.  Hailey,  Wilsey.— Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hailey  have  the  natural  qualifications  that  make 
for  success  in  the  Shorthorn  business.  They 
also  have  a  location  amid  surroundings  where 
cattle  do  their  very  best,  developing  size,  flesh 
and  vigorous  constitution.  Besides  this,  they 
have  ten  females  in  the  herd,  that  judged  from 
any  reasonable  view  point,  are  fit  to  be  the  an- 
cestors of  an  excellent  herd.  Miss  Rose  3d,  a 
twelve-year-old  roan  that  looks  like  a  six-year- 
old,  is  from  the  famous  Browndale  farm,  tht 
nursery  of  countless  numbers  of  high-class  and 
prize  winning  Shorthorns.  This  cow  would  be 
the  kind  to  select  in  buying  the  foundation  for 
a  breeding  herd.  Miss  Rose  4th  by  Defender  is 


510  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

a  roan  three-year-old  daughter  of  Miss  Rose  3d. 
Defender  is  a  son  of  Barmpton  Knight,  sire  of 
state  fair,  American  Royal  and  International 
champions  and  of  many  great  breeding  cows.  His 
dam  was  by  the  Norton  bred  Sir  Charming  4th. 
Elmwood  Bettie  is  by  Bonnie  Count,  whose  sire, 
Goodline,  was  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  cow  by 
imp.  Lord  Cowslip.  Her  dam  is  by  Leader,  a 
son  of  Silvery  Knight  by  Gallant  Knight. 

Mr.  Hailey's  first  purchase  of  a  bull  was  not 
in  keeping  with  his  requirements.  He  early  re- 
cognized what  all  breeders  must  learn,  sooner  or 
later,  that  a  bull  can  not  be  too  good.  The  pres- 
ent herd  bull,  Captain  545855,  not  only  has  a 
strong  line  of  ancestry  but  he  also  holds  his  cre- 
dentials of  excellent  service  in  the  record  of  hav- 
ing been  the  sire  of  a  considerable  part  of  a  car 
load  of  Kansas  City  market  topping  twelve- 
month-old baby  beeves.  He  carries  through  his 
sire  a  blending  of  the  best  line  of  Tomson  Bros. ' 
breeding  and  on  his  dam's  side,  through  her  sire, 
Hampton  Crown,  the  Merry  Hampton  blood. 
He  is  a  smoothly  finished  fellow  of  good  size, 
close  to  the  ground,  and  is  a  good  feeder. 

Clyde  E.  Dent,  Council  Grove. — Mr.  Dent  is 
avoiding  the  mistake  made  by  many  young  men, 
in  beginning  right  instead  of  having  either  scrubs 
or  grades.  In  looking  over  his  herd  it  must  be 
admitted  that  he  has  shown  judgment  in  select- 
ing his  original  purchases.  Two  years  ago  he 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  511 

bought  five  females  and  from  these  he  expects  to 
develop  his  Shorthorn  herd.  One  of  his  cows  is 
by  Rosewood  Prince,  a  son  of  Rosewood  out  of 
a  dam  by  imp.  Collynie.  Rosewood  was  by  imp. 
Inglewood,  Mr.  Hanna's  show  bull,  for  years 
the  record  priced  bull  of  the  American  Royal 
sales,  out  of  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Mr.  Duthie's  great 
bull,  Scottish  Archer.  Collynie  Briseis  2d,  an- 
other good  cow,  is  by  Reflection,  a  Collynie  bull 
out  of  a  dam  by  imp.  Mariner.  Her  dam  is  also 
by  Collynie.  Louise,  a  heifer  that  has  been  a 
local  prize  winner,  is  by  Bettie's  Albion,  out  of 
a  dam  by  Pride  of  Avondale.  Oak  Pearl  2d  is 
by  Roan  Cowslip,  a  son  of  imp.  Lord  Cowslip  out 
of  a  dam  by  Red  Oak  by  Collynie  out  of  one  of 
Mr.  Hanna's  Sempstress  of  Oakland  cows.  She 
was  bred  by  J.  E.  Thompson  of  Fredonia.  A 
daughter  of  Collynie  Briseis  2d  completes  the 
list.  It  will  be  noted  that  four  of  these  cows 
are  strong  in  Collynie  blood  which  is  as  strong  a 
foundation  for  a  breeding  herd  as  could  be 
found,  and  the  fifth  carries  the  Avondale  cross. 
The  bull  used  is  Prairie  King.  (See  Waldo  Dent 
sketch.) 

M.  A.  Metzger,  Council  Grove. — Mr.  Metzger 
bought  five  cows  of  C.  H.  Williams  &  Son  and  a 
bull  of  Meall  Bros.,  which  insures  a  good  foun- 
dation. In  looking  over  the  pedigrees  of  the 
cows  I  find  in  the  top  crosses  some  noted  bulls. 
Royal  Gloster,  a  show  and  excellent  breeding 


512  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

bull  owned  by  C.  M.  Garver ;  Double  Champion, 
son  of  Choice  Goods  and  Russella  the  dam  of 
Euberta;  imp.  Thistletop  (see  T.  K.  Tomson 
sketch,  Part  I) ;  imp.  Prince  Oderic  and  imp. 
Burgomaster.  Cows  of  this  blood  should  prove 
satisfactory  breeders.  The  herd  bull  is  by  Snow- 
flake  's  Stamp  by  Snowflake,  sire  of  Ringmaster, 
three  times  International  grand  champion.  With 
proper  care  this  should  develop  into  a  profitable 
herd. 

Waldo  E.  Dent,  Council  Grove.— Though  Mr. 
Dent  is  one  of  the  youngest  breeders  in  his  coun- 
ty he  has  an  excellent  start  for  a  beginner.  Lassie 
is  by  Bettie's  Albion  399451,  and  her  dam  is 
Brawith  Missie  by  Pride  of  Avondale,  son  of 
Avondale  and  imp.  Rosewood  86th,  second  dam 
Brawith  Lass  by  New  Year's  Gift  198621.  Lady 
Lucerne  comes  from  the  H.  C.  Stephenson  herd 
in  Chase  county.  (See  W.  J.  Sayre  and  H.  M. 
Schoepflin  sketches.)  Her  sire,  Cherry  Knight, 
was  by  Barmpton  Knight,  one  of  the  best  bulls 
ever  owned  in  Kansas  and  sire  of  two  noted 
champions  at  the  American  Royal  and  Interna- 
tional. Her  dam  was  by  Happy  Choice  by  Bel- 
lows Bros.'  Good  Choice,  son  of  the  champion, 
Choice  Goods  and  sire  of  the  champion,  Diamond 
Goods.  Kentucky  Belle  2d  is  also  a  Stephenson 
product  and  is  by  Happy  Choice  out  of  a  dam 
by  Rosemary  Victor  12th,  a  bull  of  George 
Bothwell's  breeding.  Mr.  Bothwell  will  be 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  513 

remembered  as  owning  the  leading  western  show 
herd  of  his  day. 

Mr.  Dent  has  a  snap  in  his  bull.  It  is  under- 
stood that  he  is  co-operating  with  his  father 
and  brother  in  the  ownership,  but  the  fact  is  that 
the  father  bought  the  bull  and  the  sons  are  using 
him.  The  elder  Mr.  Dent  selected  a  very  good 
bull,  for  Prairie  King  by  Sir  Edelweiss  (see 
Regier  sketch)  is  out  of  a  daughter  of  Wooddale 
Chieftain,  one  of  the  best  bulls  by  The  Choice 
of  All  ever  sent  out  by  Mr.  Gentry. 

H.  O.  Mott,  White  City.— Mr.  Mott's  connec- 
tion with  Shorthorns  dates  back  to  1905,  the 
present  herd  consisting  of  twenty  females.  Pur- 
chases of  foundation  stock  were  made  from  Rich- 
ard Roenigk,  Thos.  B.  Reid,  of  Franklin  county 
and  others.  These  cows  were  of  good  descent, 
carrying  much  of  the  blood  of  two  noted  Kansas 
herds,  those  of  C.  W.  Merriam  and  C.  F.  Wolf 
&  Son.  The  bulls  used  were  Prairie  King  442970 
and  Crimson  Light  656773.  The  latter  was  bred 
by  J.  H.  Taylor  &  Sons  and  is  now  in  use.  His 
sire  is  the  well  known  Marengo  Pearl,  a  bull  that 
did  great  service  in  C.  W.  Taylor's  herd.  Mr. 
Mott  is  located  in  a  cattle  country  where  all  con- 
ditions are  favorable  to  live  stock  production. 

L.  W.  Reeves,  Parkerville. — The  Reeves  farm 
seems  ideally  located  for  the  production  of 
Shorthorns  since  it  furnishes  everything  that 
should  go  to  develop  the  young  stock  well  and 


514  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

economically.  Alfalfa  and  plenty  of  prairie  pas- 
ture, shade  and  good  water  are  found  here.  There 
are  thirty  females  in  the  herd,  which  was  estab- 
lished in  1911.  The  cows  range  in  size  from  med- 
ium to  large  and  it  is  Mr.  Reeves'  intention  to 
give  the  calves  liberal  feed  and  care  which  will 
insure  a  good  growth.  Among  Kansas  herds  that 
have  contributed  to  the  upbuilding  of  this  one 
are  those  of  John  McCoy  and  Thomas,  Jameison 
&  Mitchell. 

NEMAHA  COUNTY 

Milton  Poland  &  Son,  Sabetha.— I  found  this  a 
uniform  herd  in  splendid  condition  with  few,  if 
any,  animals  that  needed  culling  out.  The  cows 
have  fine  heads  and  necks,  are  of  good  size  and 
carry  enough  flesh  to  give  them  a  very  pleasing 
appearance.  A  lot  of  nicely  grown,  fleshy  calves 
show  that  the  cows  are  desirable  as  breeders  and 
milkers.  Everything  indicates  not  only 
judgment  in  mating  but  also  capable  general 
management. 

Royal  Nonpareil  by  Royal  Leader  out  of  Non- 
pareil 37th,  a  daughter  of  imp.  Nonpareil  35th, 
is  the  sire  of  a  number  of  the  cows.  Snowf  lake 
Baron  by  Snowf  lake;  Trooper,  by  Barmpton 
Knight;  Brigham  Young  by  Pride  of  Collynie 
and  Barmpton  Knight  appear  frequently  in  the 
top  crosses.  Eight  excellent  heifers  are  by  Oak- 
dale  King  by  a  son  of  Avondale.  On  their  dam's 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  515 

side  they  come  from  a  worthy  line  of  sires.  A 
number  of  these  heifers  are  of  outstanding  qual- 
ity and  would  look  well  anywhere. 

King  Rex,  an  unusually  low  down,  level  bull 
is  in  service.  He  is  smooth,  well  fleshed  and  a 
good  looker  as  well  as  a  satisfactory  breeder 
which  is  evidenced  in  his  calves.  His  sire  is  the 
Westrope  bred  Le  Boyne  Rex  and  his  dam  is  by 
Knight  of  Greeley  bred  by  C.  A.  Saunders,  thus 
uniting  stock  from  two  of  Iowa's  best  herds.  A 
new  bull  will  be  needed  shortly  and  it  is  Mr. 
Poland's  intention  to  get  one  of  the  best  he  can 
obtain. 

J.  C.  Aeschliman  &  Son,  Sabetha. — One  of  the 
guarantees  that  could  be  given  for  the  suc- 
cess of  this  herd  is  the  great  enthusiasm  of  the 
son,  about  twelve  years  of  age  and  Mr.  Aeschli- 
man, by  the  way,  is  not  lacking  in  this  respect, 
either.  Their  foundation  was  wisely  laid.  The 
first  purchase  was  the  top  cow  in  the  dispersion 
of  the  excellent  D.  E.  Reber  herd.  She  cost  $500, 
a  big  price  at  that  time  and  equal  to  several  times 
that  amount  now.  She  is  by  True  Goods,  one  of 
the  best  known  sons  of  Fair  Goods,  son  of  Choice 
Goods  and  Ruberta.  The  heifers  out  of  this  cow 
are  by  a  son  of  Scotchman,  sire  of  Good  Scotch- 
man. They  carry  the  blood  of  C.  C.  Norton's 
Sir  Charming  10th  and  his  well  known  Sweet 
Charity  cows. 

There  is  nothing  in  sight  that  should  prevent 


516  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

this  firm  from  building  up  a  choice  Shorthorn 
herd  and  if  future  additions  are  made  with  the 
same  judgment  shown  so  far,  they  will  succeed. 
The  Aeschlimans  have  access  to  several  good 
bulls  and  are  using  one  of  the  best  in  Nemaha 
county. 

H.  Heimann  &  Son,  Seneca. — Mr.  Heimann 
has  made  up  his  mind  that  there  is  no  reason  why 
his  son  should  produce  grade  cattle  just  be- 
cause he  himself  did  so  he  has  bought  some  good 
Shorthorns  and  the  young  man  is  in  charge.  He 
is  enthusiastic  and  I  think  will  be  a  real  success. 
The  cows  selected  for  a  start  are  of  the  medium 
size,  smooth  kind.  Dorothy,  a  three-year-old 
red,  comes  from  L.  V.  Sanf ord.  Her  sire  is  Or- 
ange Premier,  a  son  of  the  well  known  Orange 
Model  out  of  a  cow  by  Lavender  Viceroy  by  Lav- 
ender Viscount.  A  number  of  the  younger  fe- 
males come  from  Dr.  Mark's  herd  in  Jeffer- 
son county  and  are  by  Double  Diamond,  a  nice, 
smooth  bull  with  a  double  cross  of  the  champion, 
Diamond  Goods,  and  a  crop  of  calves  to  his  cre- 
dit speaks  well  for  him. 

Trooper's  Model  is  the  bull  used.  He  is  by 
Trooper,  the  Barmpton  Knight  bull  used  so  suc- 
cessfully by  Mr.  Sanf  ord  and  his  dam  is  by  Mat- 
ineer  bred  by  John  McCoy.  In  addition  to  this 
stock  on  hand,  Mr.  Heimann  is  contemplating 
the  purchase  of  some  strictly  high-class  cows 
bred  along  most  popular  lines  and  a  first-class 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  517 

bull.  The  object  is  to  make  the  herd  one  of  the 
best  in  this  section  of  the  country  and  with  the 
unusual  facilities  for  carrying  out  these  plans 
there  is  little  doubt  as  to  the  ultimate  success  of 
the  project. 

James  Jackson,  Sabetha. — I  found  here  two 
outstanding  heifers  due  to  calve  soon  and  three 
good  yearlings  of  pleasing  form.  Favorable 
working  conditions  and  enthusiasm,  with  sound 
cattle  sense  on  the  part  of  both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jackson,  mean  a  first-class  herd  on  the  farm. 
They  have  one  of  the  most  pleasing  prospects  I 
have  found  in  a  herd  established  less  than  a  year 
ago.  The  three  yearlings  mentioned  are  by  Roan 
Duke  540756,  said  to  have  been  an  excellent  bull. 
Their  dams  are  by  a  son  of  Barmpton  Knight 
that  was  out  of  a  cow  by  imp.  Mutineer.  A 
big,  smooth  two-year-old  is  Lavon  by  Oakdale 
King,  son  of  Forest  Dale  by  Avondale.  Her  dam 
is  by  the  J.  G.  Bobbins  bred  bull,  Golden  Dutch- 
man. Marcella,  another  two-year-old  by  Oak- 
dale  King,  must  be  classed  among  the  best  of  her 
age  I  have  seen  recently.  She  has  the  form  and 
finish  of  a  show  cow  and  is  an  exceptional  breed- 
ing proposition.  Mr.  Jackson  is  to  be  congratu- 
lated on  making  such  a  success  of  his  initial  pur- 
chases. 

The  bull  used  in  this  herd  is  a  big  one,  but  he  is 
straight  and  smooth.  He  comes  from  John  Mc- 
Coy &  Son  and  is  by  Good  Scotchman  and  out  of 


518  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

one  of  Mr.  McCoy's  best  cows,  which  is  equiva- 
lent to  saying-  that  his  dam  is  one  of  the  best  cows 
in  Kansas.  There  is  little  chance  of  any  man's 
making  a  mistake  in  buying  such  a  bull. 

Sam'l  C.  Jackson,  Sabetha.— This  is  another 
case  of  increasing  land  prices  bringing  about  the 
necessity  for  better  cattle  and  Mr.  Jackson  is 
supplanting  the  grade  with  the  pure  bred.  He 
has  five  cows  of  acceptable  breeding  and  they  are 
satisfactory  producers.  While  lacking  somewhat 
in  uniformity,  mating  with  a  good  bull  will  cor- 
rect this  irregularity.  Among  the  sires  of  these 
cows  is  Wodan,  a  son  of  Nonpareil  Star  and  one 
of  the  best  bulls  that  went  out  from  John  Re- 
gier's  herd.  Another  is  by  Rock  Springs  Pride, 
the  excellent  McCoy  bred  son  of  Pride  of  Col- 
lynie.  Royal  Hero  by  Secret  Prince  206457,  a 
son  of  imp.  Strawberry,  is  the  sire  of  another. 
Prince  of  Tebo  Lawn  and  Choice  Goods  enter 
largely  into  the  pedigrees  of  these  cows.  Mr. 
Jackson  is  a  good  feeder.  He  has  access  to  sev- 
eral bulls  in  his  community,  which  will 
enable  him  to  soon  own  a  herd  of  the  desired 
quality,  backed  by  some  of  the  choicest  ancestry 
found  in  western  Shorthorns.  This  is  what  con- 
stitutes real  worth  in  all  pure  bred  cattle. 

L.  V.  Sanford,  Sabetha.*— Mr.  Sanford  has  a 
herd  of  twenty-five  females,  all  of  which  were 
bred  on  the  farm.  They  range  in  size  from 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  519 

medium  to  large  and,  generally  speaking,  are 
good.  Some  of  the  original  stock,  possibly  all, 
came  from  the  James  Gregg  herd  and  carried  an 
infusion  of  the  blood  of  Col.  Harris'  imp.  Eoyal 
Pirate. 

As  is  the  case  where  the  cattle  are  all  home 
bred,  the  quality  of  the  bulls  used  indicates  what 
is  in  the  herd.  The  first  bull  was  Mutineer  274- 
110.  He  was  bred  by  John  McCoy,  which  fact  is 
in  itself  a  recommendation.  His  sire  was  Gladys ' 
Chief  by  imp.  Spartan  Hero  and  out  of  a  cow 
that  was  own  sister  to  Lavender  Viscount,  Inter- 
national grand  champion.  To  follow  Mutineer, 
another  good  herd  was  patronized.  Trooper  came 
from  Tomson  Bros,  and  was  by  Barmpton 
Knight,  sire  of  state  fair  and  International  prize 
winners  and  of  many  big,  beefy  Shorthorns. 
Trooper's  dam  was  by  Curator,  a  son  of  imp. 
Aboyne  and  imp.  Lady  Myra,  both  from  the 
Cruickshank  herd.  Orange  Premier  is  now  in 
use.  He  was  bred  by  W.  A.  Betteridge  and  came 
to  Mr.  Sanf ord  through  Bellows  Bros.  His  sire 
is  Orange  Model,  a  bull  that  figures  much  in 
Shorthorn  pedigrees,  and  his  dam  is  by  Lavender 
Viceroy,  one  of  the  best  known  sons  of  Lavender 
Viscount.  Mr.  Sanford  has  bred  and  sold  the 
foundation  stock  for  numerous  herds  in  his  part 
of  the  state. 

C.  H.  Wempe,  .Seneca. — Mr.  Wempe  has  been 
handling  pure  bred  stock  for  years.  His  herd 


520  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

consists  of  twenty-five  females  bred  along  nice 
lines.  Among  the  cows  are  daughters  and 
granddaughters  of  Diamond  Emblem,  the  bull 
that  made  a  record  as  a  sire  and  show  bull  for 
T.  J.  Dawe,  Rock  Springs  Pride  by  Pride  of  Col- 
lynie  and  Good  Scotchman.  A  very  attractive 
roan  bull  was  bought  in  1919  from  G.  F.  Hart 
and  he  was  one  of  the  best  from  that  good  herd. 
I  noticed  a  valuable  feature  about  this  young 
bull.  Though  only  a  yearling  and  running  with 
the  herd  on  rather  short  pasture  where  he  had 
been  all  summer,  he  was  in  a  condition  indi- 
cating rather  extra  grazing  quality.  He  is  of 
the  most  desirable  breeding. 

NEOSHO  COUNTY 

A.  Austin,  Galesburg. — Among  Mr.  Austin's 
best  cows  is  New  Goods,  a  daughter  of  Good 
News,  the  well  known  prize  winner  and  breeding 
bull  owned  by  John  Regier  for  several  years.  Vio- 
let 's  Pride,  the  white  bull  that  sold  at  Coffeyville 
in  1919  as  a  1550  pound  yearling  is  in  service. 
He  comes  from  O.  O.  Massa  and  is  by  that  un- 
usual sire  of  good  stock,  Kansas  Prince.  A  heifer 
calf  exhibited  by  Mr.  Austin  at  Independence  in 
1919  won  first  in  class  over  strong  competition. 

NESS  COUNTY 

W.  F.  Baer,  Ransom — Mr.  Baer  is  located  in  a 
section  not  much  given  to  Shorthorn  breeding 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  521 

and  his  herd  will  be  an  advertisement  for  the 
breed.  The  cows  sired  by  good  bulls  are  numer- 
ous. Captain  Archer,  an  outstanding  sire,  and 
own  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  1919 
International  grand  champion ;  Falsetto,  sire  of 
the  excellent  cows  sold  by  Mrs.  Fraser ;  Barmp- 
ton  Knight,  sire  of  prize  winners  by  the  score,  in- 
cluding New  Year's  Delight,  American  Royal 
grand  champion;  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  own 
brother  to  Whitehall  Rosedale,  grand  champion 
all  over  the  West  and  sire  of  Violet's  Dale,  noted 
western  champion  bull,  are  the  sires  of  some  of 
the  cows  in  the  herd.  Marigold,  a  five-year-old 
roan,  is  a  recent  addition.  She  is  by  Merry  Goods, 
the  son  of  Good  Choice. 

With  this  foundation  and  with  proper  care 
and  feed,  resulting  in  good  development,  it  re- 
mains only  to  observe  the  bulls  in  service  to  get 
a  fair  idea  of  what  to  expect  here.  Augustus  is  a 
roan  son 'of  Crusader  by  Barmpton  Knight,  a 
bull  that  was  retained  in  the  Tomson  herd  and 
liberally  used  by  them.  His  dam  is  Augusta  105th 
by  Waverly.  The  other  herd  bull  is  Village  Presi- 
dent 565266  bred  by  J.  F.  Prather.  He  is  by 
Superior  Knight  408979  with  several  genera- 
tions of  the  best  Prather  breeding  back  of  his 
dam.  Mr.  Baer's  cattle  were  successfully  exhib- 
ited at  the  Kansas  State  Fair  in  1920. 

Wm.  Gulick  &  Son,  Ness  City.— This  is  one  of 
the  older  and  larger  herds  of  western  Kansas, 


522  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

having  been  established  in  1900  and  now  number- 
ing more  than  100  females.  A  considerable  part 
of  the  herd  is  by  the  Hanna  bred  Royal  Victor 
by  Prince  Royal,  the  well  known  son  of  imp. 
Collynie  and  imp.  Princess  Royal  62d.  Several 
good  bulls  have  been  used,  one  among  the  earlier 
ones  having  been  Red  Monk  227225.  Another 
was  Ravenswood  Hero  by  a  son  of  Godoy,  the 
favorably  known  son  of  imp.  Spartan  Hero  and 
imp.  Golden  Thistle.  Ravenswood  Hero's  dam 
was  by  Bar  on  Lavender  3d,  sire  of  Lavender  Vis- 
count and  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Sunbeam. 

One  of  the  bulls  now  in  service  is  Baron  Rams- 
den  509817.  The  dam  of  Baron  Ramsden  is  Lady 
Ramsden  4th  by  Lavender  Goods,  a  son  of  Bel- 
lows Bros. '  Good  Choice.  The  Gulicks  bought  at 
the  Salter-Robison  1920  sale  imp.  Roan  Marshal, 
vol.  66  E.H.B.  He  is  a  yearling  of  more  than 
usual  scale  with  plenty  of  spread  and  great 
depth  of  body.  He  was  bred  by  Alex  Sutherland 
and  is  by  the  Durno  bred  Golden  Marshall,  a 
son  of  Collynie  Golden  Dream.  His  dam  is  by 
Cluny  Prince  Victor  of  Lady  Cathcart's  breed- 
ing. Mr.  Gulick  's  aim  is  the  production  of  smooth 
cattle  of  medium  size  and  of  the  best  type  to  util- 
ize farm  feeds  and  imp.  Roan  Marshall  should 
sire  the  desired  class  of  stock. 

This  herd  is  not  kept  in  a  country  noted  for 
its  great  number  of  Shorthorns,  yet  the  patron- 
age shows  an  increasing  demand  for  these  cattle. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  523 

NORTON  COUNTY 

R.  W.  Dole,  Almena. — Although  this  herd 
dates  only  from  1917,  Mr.  Dole  was  able  to  hold 
a  very  successful  sale  in  1919  and  another  in 
1920.  Several  choice  additions  have  recently 
been  made  and  there  are  now  thirty-five  females 
in  the  herd.  Some  of  these  cows  are  of  the  most 
popular  breeding,  while  all  are  strong  in  good 
Scotch  blood.  Roan  King,  a  grandson  of  Ru- 
berta's  Goods  and  imp.  Rose  of  Tyne,  was  one  of 
the  sires  used  with  success.  Another  was  Clipper 
Goods,  a  splendidly  bred  white,  out  of  a  daughter 
of  Snowf lake,  the  sire  of  Ringmaster.  At  pres- 
ent the  leading  herd  bull  is  Roan  Sultan  668451. 
This  bull  comes  from  ancestry  of  much  prestige 
and  should  give  excellent  service  in  the  herd. 

OSAGE  COUNTY 

A.  F.  Kitchin,  Burlingame. — Mr.  Kitchin 
comes  from  an  old  Kentucky  Shorthorn  family, 
both  his  father  and  his  grandfather  having  been 
breeders  of  the  reds,  whites  and  roans.  He  has 
built  up  a  herd  of  thirty  females  and  has  all  the 
facilities  needed  for  making  cattle  growing  a  suc- 
cess. A  few  years  ago  he  made  a  very  fortunate 
investment  in  buying  the  cow,  Miss  Acorn.  She 
was  sired  by  the  Prather  bred  bull,  Highlander 
and  her  dam  was  Wealthy  Acorn  5th,  one  of  the 
best  cows  in  Mr.  Gentry's  herd  and  dam  of 


524  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Wooddale  Chieftain,  used  so  profitably  in  the 
herd  of  D.  A.  Ballantyne  &  Sons.  Miss  Acorn, 
still  very  rugged,  is  a  splendid  individual.  One 
of  her  daughters  is  a  five-year-old  roan  of  med- 
ium size  and  much  quality  and  she  has  three 
choice  heifers  to  her  credit  besides  having  pro- 
duced a  bull  calf  that  sold  for  $300. 

I  am  mentioning  these  cattle  especially,  be- 
cause Mr.  Kitchin  intends  to  select  his  breeding 
stock  from  the  descendants  of  these  five  females. 
The  other  cows  in  the  herd  are  good,  in  fact  not  a 
poor  or  unworthy  animal  was.  seen  among  them. 
The  general  appearance  of  all  the  cattle  indi- 
cates efficient  management  and  if  all  breeders 
would  give  their  herds  the  same  intelligent  care 
that  Mr.  Kitchen  is  giving,  and  use  high-class 
bulls  as  he  has  been  using,  lectures  on  care  and 
herd  bulls  would  be  unnecessary. 

It  was  here  that  I  found  a  seven-year-old  bull 
of  remarkable  beefiness,  a  white  son  of  Prince 
Valentine  4th,  the  successful  show  and  breeding 
bull  used  by  Tomsons.  I  do  not  recall  having 
seen  anywhere,  in  recent  years,  a  much  better 
specimen  of  a  beef  animal.  He  is  almost  abnor- 
mally short-legged  with  a  wonderfully  deep, 
thick  body,  covered  with  a  wealth  of  smooth 
flesh.  Though  running  out  in  the  pasture  with 
a  few  cows  and  getting  no  grain,  he  might  prove 
a  troublesome  opponent  even  in  a  pretty  strong 
show.  This  bull  was  purchased  of  C.  S.  Nevius, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  525 

his  breeder.  His  dam  is  the  Bellows  bred  Keep- 
sake 2d  by  Good  Choice,  second  dam  by  Victor- 
allan,  third  dam  by  Armour  Bearer.  Quite  a 
number  of  excellent  heifers  by  him  are  being  re- 
tained. 

The  other  herd  bull  is  North  Americus  pur- 
chased at  the  Gillespie  dispersion  at  Muskogee. 
Aside  from  his  size  and  quality  his  claim  to  dis- 
tinction rests  on  the  fact  that  he  comes  from  the 
same  cow,  or  from  a  cow  closely  related  to  the 
dam  of  Americus,  the  bull  that  sold  for  $38000  in 
South  America,  which  was  the  highest  price  paid 
for  any  bull  of  any  breed  up  to  that  time.  North 
Americus  is  a  smooth,  rather  large  fellow  and 
should  give  proper  account  of  himself  on  this 
farm.  TJiere  is  material  here  for  a  high-class 
herd  and  Mr.  Kitchin  is  still  active  and  able  to 
go  ahead  and  get  the  results. 

Barrett  &  Land,  Overbrook. — This  herd, 
started  in  1910,  usually  numbers  about  100  head 
and  it  is  one  of  the  best  known  establishments  in 
east  central  Kansas.  Scotch  topped  cows  of  a 
good  class  are  kept  and  given  good  farm  care,  the 
young  stock  being  well  grown.  Several  public 
sales  have  been  held  and  liberally  patronized. 
Cattle  have  been  sent  to  the  Eastern  Kansas  sale 
at  Ottawa  and  to  the  Kansas  National  sale  at 
Wichita. 

The  herd  has  had  the  service  of  a  number  of 
excellent  bulls.  Prince  Knight  was  by  Crusader, 


526  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

one  of  the  best  sons  of  Barmpton  Knight  and 
his  dam  was  Glenwood  Pavonia,  a  daughter  of 
imp.  Glendale  Pavonia.  Hector,  a  bull  used  until 
1919,  was  by  Prince  Valentine  4th.  His  dam  was 
by  Barmpton  Knight  out  of  Harmony  6th  by 
imp.  Thistletop.  Hector  had  three  crosses  of  the 
best  of  Kansas  bulls. 

Sultan's  Seal,  one  of  the  present  herd  bulls, 
is  a  roan  by  Beaver  Creek  Sultan,  the  grandson 
of  Whitehall  Sultan  that  for  Tomsons  sired  some 
of  the  highest  priced  Shorthorns  sold  in  this  ter- 
ritory. His  dam  came  from  H.  C.  Duncan  and 
was  by  his  excellent  Golden  Lavender.  The  other 
bull  is  Silver  Dale,  a  big  white  of  outstanding 
quality.  Both  in  ancestry  and  individuality  he 
has  everything  which  should  make  a.  desirable 
sire.  He  is  by  Master  of  the  Dales  by  Avondale 
and  his  dam  is  the  1800  pound  Princess  Colum- 
bia, one  of  the  greatest  breeding  cows  in  the 
West. 

Charles  Hothan  &  Son,  Scranfton. — Fifteen 
cows  are  kept  here  under  ordinary  farm 
conditions  and  good  calves  are  being  raised  from 
them.  The  herd  includes  some  splendidly  bred 
ones.  Annie  Laurie,  a  red  three-year-old,  comes 
from  Forrest  Nave,  Lexington,  Missouri.  Her 
sire  is  Nonpareil  Victor  by  Victor  Orange,  one 
of  the  best  of  Kansas  bulls,  prominent  in  the 
herd  of  Henry  Stunkel.  Her  dam  is  also  by 
Victor  Orange  and  her  grandam  came  from  the 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  527 

Wm.  Cummiiigs  herd,  a  leading  herd  of  Illinois. 

Five  of  the  cows  on  the  farm  are  by  Ingle 
Prince,  a  bull  of  exceptional  ancestry,  his  sire 
having  been  Prince  of  Collynie  by  imp.  Collynie 
and  his  dam  Ingle  Maid,  the  dam  of  Mr.  Hill's 
Ingle  Lad.  It  is  doubtful  if  many  bulls  in  Kan- 
sas or  anywhere  else  are  so  well  descended.  He 
is  very  close  to  Mr.  Cruickshank's  best  cattle  and 
his  ancestry  for  generations  were  outstanding 
individuals.  The  dams  of  these  cows  were  by 
Joe  Pavonia,  a  Nevius  bred  son  of  Prince  Pa- 
vonia,  a  bull  famous  as  a  sire  in  both  Kansas  and 
Oklahoma.  A  white  bull  from  Tomson  Bros,  is 
being  used  on  these  red  cows.  He  is  by  Beaver 
Creek  Sultan  and  his  dam  is  by  Dale's  Cumber- 
land, a  bull  carrying  the  blood  of  International 
grand  champions  and  of  many  choice  Short- 
horns. He  combines  in  the  two  top  crosses, 
Whitehall  Sultan,  Avondale  and  Cumberland's 
Last,  the  most  famous  bulls  of  this  period. 

V.  A.  Jasperson,  Scranton. — Mr.  Jasperson  is 
the  pleasant  and  efficient  secretary  of  the  Osage 
County  Breeders  Association.  He  has  been 
breeding  for  three  years  and  has  a  herd  of  twenty 
females,  representative  of  such  excellent  bulls 
as  imp.  Collynie,  sire  and  grandsire  of  some  of 
America's  greatest  Shorthorns;  Choice  Goods, 
for  three  years  acknowledged  champion  of 
America;  Ingle  Lad,  a  great  sire  of  breeding- 
cows;  Senator  Wornall's  imp.  Conqueror; 


528  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Prince  Pavonia,  one  of  the  best  bulls  ever  owned 
by  C.  S.  Nevius;  Archer  and  Gallant  Knight, 
both  great  sires  in  the  Tomson  herd  and  old 
Lord  Mayor,  the  bull  that  made  T.  P.  Babst 
known  as  a  breeder.  To  this  list  could  be  added 
many  others.  From  such  a  herd  of  cows  it  is 
possible  to  produce  almost  any  results  desired. 

The  herd  bull  purchased  in  1919  from  Tomson 
Bros,  is  Secret  Sentry  by  Beaver  Creek  Sultan. 
His  dam  is  by  White  Goods,  one  of  the  outstand- 
ing sons  of  Choice  Goods,  second  dam  by  Lav- 
ender Viscount,  famous  Ravenswood  sire  and 
International  grand  champion.  Since  the  bull 
is  the  big  half  of  the  herd  it  is.  important  to  note 
that  but  few  herd  headers  carry  such  a  wealth 
of  ancestry  as  does  Secret  Sentry. 

Mr.  Jasperson,  like  many  other  young  men 
who  sometimes  see  things  more  quickly  than  do 
older  ones,  knows  that  the  day  of  profit  in  scrubs 
has  passed. 

H.  Olson  &  Sons,  Scranton. — You  can  not  help 
liking  Mr.  Olson  and  having  confidence  in  him 
for  every  bit  of  his  six  foot  frame  makes  you 
feel  that  way.  He  is  a  comparatively  new  breeder 
who  is  going  to  succeed  because  he  has  decided  to 
do  so.  There  are  about  twenty  females  of  breed- 
ing age  in  the  herd  and  all  are  of  a  useful  type 
with  some  especially  good  ones  among  them.  The 
cattle  come  from  local  herds  of  excellent  quality 
along  with  the  breeding  common  to  the  majority 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  529 

of  Osage  county  Shorthorns.  The  Olson  cattle 
have  .received  an  infusion  of  blood  through 
Hampton  Spray  and  Prince  Royal  two  outstand- 
ing ton  and  a  quarter  bulls  that  represent  not 
only  the  best,  but  also  some  of  the  most  popular 
blood  lines  of  the  last  quarter  century.  These 
bulls  were  both  well  known  in  S.  C.  Hanna's 
herd  where  they  left  much  good  stock. 

The  herd  bull  in  use,  bred  by  W.  T.  Pruitt  & 
Son  of  Missouri  is  a  large  roan  and  carries  the 
appearance  of  a  real  breeding  bull.  The  calves 
by  him  are  promising.  His  sire,  Sultan  Lad,  was 
by  the  noted  bull  Glenbrook  Sultan,  one  of  the 
greatest  sires  of  prize  winners  in  America  and 
considered  by  many-  as  second  only  to  Avondale 
among  the  sons  of  Whitehall  Sultan.  His  dam 
is  by.  Victor  Robin,  a  Spicy  Robin  bull,  and  his 
second  dam  is  by  New  Goods,  the  Choice  Goods 
bull  that  headed  Harriman  Bros. '  herd  at  their 
dispersion  sale. 

H.  M.  Schoepflin,  Quenemo. — This  herd, 
founded  two  years  ago,  is  a  good  one.  A  nice  lot 
of  heifers  bought  early  in  1919  are  from  the  H. 
C.  Stephenson  herd.  They  have  plenty  of  size, 
are  smooth  from  end  to  end  and  are  very  fem- 
inine and  attractive.  Their  sire  is  Nonpareil 
Knight,  a  bull  bred  by  Tomson  Bros,  and  sired 
by  Gallant  Knight's  Heir.  Nonpareil  Knight's 
dam  was  bred  by  N.  A.  Lind  and  was  by  his  well 
known  Fancy's  Pride.  These  heifers  are  out  of 


530  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

cows  by  Hampton's  Crown,  a  son  of  Hampton's 
Best,  the  outstanding  son  of  imp.  Merry  Hamp- 
ton, considered  by  many  breeders  the  best  Scotch 
bull  ever  imported.  Some  females  in  the  herd 
are  by  Cherry  Knight,  a  son  of  Barmpton 
Knight,  the  bull  that  did  such  excellent  service 
for  Tomsons,  out  of  a  granddaughter  of  the 
famous  bull,  Village  Hero.  This  is  the  same  line 
breeding  as  that  of  Young  Abbotsburn,  the 
greatest  showr  bull  ever  exhibited  in  America. 
From  this  it  may  be  seen  that  the  Schoepflin  fe- 
males come  by  their  size  and  quality  honestly. 
Mr.  Schoepflin,  in  partnership  with  a  neighbor, 
C.  E.  McPerren,  owns  the  Tomson  bred  Victor 
Sultan.  There  is  a  bright  prospect  for  this  herd 
for  it  was  founded  on  correct  principles  and  it 
will  receive  all  necessary  attention. 

Mr.  Schoepflin  is  one  of  the  public  spirited 
breeders  of  his  county  and  is  doing  his  full  share 
in  pushing  Shorthorn  interests. 

Thomas  Gray,  Lyndon. — This  is  a  herd  of 
twenty-five  females  of  more  than  average  merit. 
They  have  been  produced  through  the  use  of 
bulls  representing  such  sires  as  Prince  Valentine 
4th,  a  show  bull  for  Mr.  Nevius  and  a  noted 
breeding  bull  in  the  Tomson  herd  where  he  sired 
numerous  great  producing  cows ;  Lavender  King 
3d;  imp.  King  of  Aberdeen,  sire  of  J.  H.  Pott's 
show  cattle;  Prime  Minister  by  imp.  Prince  of 
Perth;  Royal  Wanderer  and  Scotland's  Charm, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  531 

both  well  known  in  the  C.  F.  Wolf  &  Son  herd 
and  Norfolk,  famous  sire  for  B.  O.  Cowan  and 
grandsire  of  New  Year's  Delight,  American 
Eoyal  grand  champion.  The  bull  recently  in 
service  came  from  C.  S.  Nevius  and  the  one  now 
in  use  was  bred  by  E.  S.  Myers,  both  represent- 
ing the  best  of  the  herds  from  which  they  came. 
Mr.  Gray  keeps  his  cattle  in  thrifty  condition 
through  common  sense  methods,  such  as  any 
careful  farmer  can  practice. 

C.  E.  McFerren,  Quenemo. — Mr.  McFerren 
made  a  start  in  1919  with  four  heifers.  Among 
them  is  a  two-year-old  that  is  a  rarely  good 
individual  and  her  calf  indicates  that  she  will  be 
a  valuable- breeding  cow.  These  heifers  descend 
from  a  line  of  bulls  strong  in  best  Scotch  blood 
and  they  reflect  credit  on  their  breeder  and  their 
owner.  Mr.  McFerren  has  a  half  interest  with 
Mr.  Schoepf lin  in  the  splendid  bull,  Victor  Sul- 
tan, recently  purchased  from  Tomson  Bros.,  an 
unusually  attractive  young  fellow  of  the  right- 
type.  He  is  by  Beaver  Creek  Sultan  and  his 
dam  is  one  of  the  desirable  cows  in  the  Tomson 
herd.  Coupled  with  the  choicely  bred  females 
we  may  reasonably  look  for  unusual  results.  Mr. 
McFerren's  heifers  .came  from  the  H.  C.  Ste- 
phenson  herd  in  Chase  county  and  are  of  the 
same  lot  as  those  purchased  by  Mr.  Schoepflin 
and  Mr.  Sayre.  How  much  better  for  the  begin- 
ner to  buy  the  right  kind  as  Mr.  McFerren  did 


532  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

than  to  save  a  few  dollars  and  take  inferior  stock. 

W.  T.  Dickson  &  Son,  Carbondale.*— This 
herd  was  founded  twenty  years  ago.  The  bulls 
that  have  been  used  in  that  time  are  a  first-rate 
recommendation  of  quality  in  the  herd.  Silver 
Archer  was  by  Archer's  Victor,  a  Tomson  bred 
son  of  Archer  out  of  a  Gallant  Knight  cow.  His 
dam  was  by  Lord  Mayor.  Good  Conqueror  was 
by  The  Conqueror,  son  of  Choice  Goods  and  imp. 
Clara  58th.  The  present  herd  bull  comes  from 
G.  F.  Kellerman  and  topped  the  Linn  county 
sale  in  1919.  He  is  by  Gloster's  Best  667327  and 
his  dam  by  Prince  Valentine  4th  is  one  of  the 
best  cows  in  the  state.  His  second  dam  is  by 
Lord  Mayor. 

M.  C.  Pollard,  Carbondale.— This  is  a  small 
herd  of  ten  good  females  established  in  1917. 
Dale  Ruby,  one  of  the  cows  is.  by  Ury  Dale,  the 
elegantly  bred  son  of  Avondale  so  well  remem- 
bered in  north  central  Kansas.  Cedar  Pride 
comes  from  Cowham  Stock  Farm  and  is  by 
Ma  IT  Lad  by  Ingle  Lad,  one  of  the  best  sons 
of  imp.  Collynie  and  sire  of  numerous  high-class 
producing  cows,  including  the  grandam  of  Lady 
Supreme  and  the  dam  of  Matchless  Collynie, 
grand  champion  at  the  Denver  show  in  1919.  Mr. 
Pollard  is  using  Fair  Goods  757579,  a  son  of  Fair 
Champion,  an  excellent  Fair  Acres  Sultan  bull 
that  is  becoming  very  popular  in  north  central 

*       Telephone  and  station,  Overbrook. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  533 

Kansas.  Mr.  Pollard  is  a  near  neighbor  of 
J.  G.  Tomson  and  is  one  of  numerous  breeders 
in  his  vicinity. 

V.  O.  Simpson,  Scranton. — Mr.  Simpson's  fe- 
male purchases  came  from  the  Babst  herd  and 
are  proving  very  useful.  They  were  sired  by 
Donald,  a  Tomson  bred  son  of  St.  Clair,  and  rep- 
resent the  same  breeding  that  produced  New 
Year's  Delight  and  Daisy  Queen,  two  noted 
champions  at  America's  biggest  shows.  (See 
Tomson  sketch.)  The  herd  bull  is  typical  of  tl»e 
choice  breeding  from  the  well  known  C.  E.  Leo- 
nard herd.  The  calves  produced  will  carry  in 
the  two  top  crosses  the  blood  of  Barmpton 
Knight,  one  of  the  best  bulls  ever  owned  in 
Kansas  and  that  of  Eosedale's  Choice,  the  son  of 
Choice  Goods  and  the  famous  cow,  Kosedale 
Violet  9th,  dam  of  four  calves  sold  for  $6000  in 
the  time  of  low  prices. 

C.  L.  Troudner,  Carbondale. — Among  the  good 
things  in  this  nicely  bred  herd  are  a  lot  of  heifers 
by  Dale's  Cumberland  and  others  strong  in  the 
blood  of  Barmpton  Knight  through  one  of  his 
best  sons.  Both  these  bulls  are  well  known  as 
typical  of  the  best  in  Shorthorns  and  the  heifers 
CMII  not  but  prove  valuable.  The  herd  bull  comes 
from  Tomson  Bros,  and  represents  their  breed- 
ing for  several  generations.  He  is  by  Beaver 
Creek  Sultan,  the  massive  grandson  of  White- 
hall Sultan  that  did  service  in  the  Tomson  herd 


534  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

for  several  years.  His  dam  is  by  Gallant  Knight's 
Heir  by  Gallant  Knight  and  his  second  dam  is 
by  Barmpton  Knight.  Bulls  bred  as  this  one 
can  hardly  help  being  first-class  sires. 

C.  G,  Williams,  Lyndon. — Mr.  Williams  made 
his  start  in  February  1919  in  the  purchase  of 
five  females  from  the  Stephenson  herd  in  Chase 
county.  These  cattle  are  not  only  individuals 
of  approved  type  for  profitable  farm  cattle 
but  their  ancestry  which  is  a  blending  of 
Scotch  and  American  blood  has  given  good  re- 
sults as  it  almost  always  does.  The  bull  in  use 
came  from  Barrett  &  Land  and  is  a  grandson  of 
Prince  Valentine  4th  with  Pringle's  Sir  Knight 
and  the  Potts  bred  Lavender  King  3d  strongly 
represented  on  his  dam's  side.  These  three  bulls 
did  service  in  three  excellent  Kansas  herds. 
Prince  Valentine  4th  was  owned  by  Tomsons, 
Sir  Knight  by  Andrew  Pringle  and  Lavender 
King  3d  by  D.  K.  Kellerman  &  Son. 

A.  A.  Adams,  Osage  City. — Mr.  Adams  has  a 
pleasant  location  near  town  where  he  can  grow 
alfalfa,  watch  the  Shorthorns  and  enjoy  life.  A 
year  ago  he  bought  eight  females  from  H.  H. 
Churchill.  They  are  the  practical  kind  and  show 
milking  quality,  the  kind  that  when  properly 
mated  always  give  satisfactory  results.  A  num- 
ber of  them  are  by  the  excellent  Saunders  bred 
Marquis  Cumberland  by  Cumberland's  Best,  a 
bull  of  outstanding  character  and  ancestry.  Cows 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  535 

by  this  bull  can  hardly  help  becoming  valuable 
breeders  and  all  that  is  required  to  make  them 
profitable  is  to  given  them  care  and  see  that  they 
are  properly  mated. 

Ross  A.  Coffman  &  Son,  Overbrook. — Coff- 
niaii  &  Son  bought  a  few  Shorthorns  in  1919  and 
will  fall  into  Shorthorn  line  which  is  quite  easy 
in  Osage  county.  The  only  mature  cow  in  the 
herd  has  plenty  of  size,  something  they  intend 
not  to  neglect,  With  abundant  alfalfa  and  blue 
grass  they  have  the  best  of  facilities  for  raising 
cattle.  So  far  no  bull  has  been  secured  but  a 
good  one  will  be  bought  soon. 

OSBORNE  COUNTY 

L.  M.  Noffsinger,  Osborne. — Those  who  saw 
the  exhibit  made  by  Mr.  Noff singer  at  the  Royal 
in  1919  will  not  be  surprised  to  hear  that  he  has 
an  excellent  herd.  Both  his  herd  bulls  were  well 
in  the  money  which  is  much  to  the  credit  of  any 
breeder,  especially  when  his  entries  are  not  high- 
ly fitted.  The  females  which  he  exhibited  were 
the  kind  that  were  good  enough  to  attract  notice 
anywhere  and  they  were  of  the  true  money  mak- 
ing type.  It  is  not  likely  that  a  man  of  Mr.  Nof  f- 
singer's  energy  will  stop  at  anything  short  of  the 
best. 

The  roan,  Scottish  Duchess,  is  by  Cumberland 
Dictator,  a  son  of  the  well  known  Burwood  Royal 
out  of  a  cow  by  Cumberland's  Last,  the  most 


536  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

noted  bull  of  the  Cumberland  family.  Gloster 
Goods  is  a  six-year-old  roan  by  Ruberta's  Goods, 
himself  a  high-class  show  bull  and  the  sire  of 
many  prize  winners.  Ruberta's  Goods  was  by 
the  noted  sire,  Golden  Goods,  and  out  of  the  unde- 
feated cow,  Ruberta.  Roan  Martha  is  by  Mon- 
arque  Cumberland,  a  combination  of  Whitehall 
Sultan  and  Cumberland  blood,  the  two  families 
of  Shorthorns  that  are  now  holding  public  pres- 
tige and  largely  controlling  show  ring  awards. 
Avondale's  Miss,  a  red,  is  by  Avondale's  Choice, 
son  of  Avondale,  greatest  bull  of  his  day  out  of 
Burwood  Lady,  a  daughter  of  imp.  Gwendoline. 
Nonpareil  55th  comes  from  Canada  from  the  W. 
C.  Edwards  herd,  a  birthplace  of  good  Short- 
horns. She  is  by  Royal  Butterfly,  a  sire  of 
note. 

Fancy  Lord,  one  of  the  bulls  used  early  came 
to  Tomson  Bros,  through  their  notable  purchase 
of  cows  from  R.  O.  Miller.  He  was  by  Lord  Lan- 
caster, a  son  of  the  Duthie  bred  imp.  Lord  Mis- 
tletoe and  imp.  Lancaster  Pet.  Prince  Luster,  a 
son  of  Prince  Pavonia,  was  also  used  and  re- 
flected credit  on  his  sire,  one  of  the  best  bulls  of 
his  time  and  a  son  of  imp.  Glendale  Pavonia.  It 
will  be  admitted  that  bulls  from  such  ancestry 
as  those  mentioned  when  bred  to  good  cows  and 
the  produce  is  well  cared  for  would  build  up  a 
first-class  herd. 

In  the  purchase  of  the  bulls  now  in  use  Mr. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  537 

Noff  singer  has  shown  that  only  the  best  will  sat- 
isfy him.  Pleasant  Dale  Sultan  is  an  American 
Royal  winner  of  1919  without  fitting.  His  sire  is 
Lavender  Lord  by  Avondale.  His  dam  is  Pleas- 
ant Jealousy  by  imp.  Shenstone  Albino,  sire  of 
the  great  prize  winner  and  breeding  bull,  Pride 
of  Albion.  His  second  dam  is  Maxwalton  Jeal- 
ousy by  Avondale  and  his  third  dam  is  Sultan's 
Jealousy  by  Whitehall  Sultan  and  out  of  imp. 
Jeaiiie  by  Count  Arthur.  If  a  person  were  writr 
ing  a  pedigree  with  a  view  to  combining  the  best 
blood  lines  of  the  day  he  might  write  a  little 
different  combination  though  he  could  hardly 
improve  this.  The  bull  is  large  and  he  is  a  first- 
rate  sire.  The  other  and  younger  bull  is  Fair 
Acres  Choice  by  Fair  Acres  Sultan,  one  of  the 
very  best  sons  of  Whitehall  Sultan  and  sire  of 
many  of  the  highest  priced  American  Shorthorns 
of  the  last  few  years.  The  dam  of  Fair  Acres 
Choice,  Gloster  Goods,  (see  above)  is  also  in  the 
herd.  This  combination  bringing  in,  as  it  does, 
so  many  animals  of  extraordinary  merit,  can 
hardly  fail  to  produce  good  results  through  the 
use  of  this  big,  stretchy  three-year-old  bull. 

Wales  &  Young,  Osborne. — These  men  have 
some  very  creditable  show  and  breeding  stock  in 
their  herd.  The  cows  come  through  an  excep- 
tional line  of  ancestry.  Barmpton  Knight,  that 
great  sire  not  only  of  show  stock  but  also  of  the 
best  class  of  utility  Shorthorns,  has  several 


538  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

daughters  on  the  farm,  one  of  which  is  out  of  a 
cow  by  Lord  Mayor,  second  dam  by  Gallant 
Knight,  a  sire  of  more  western  prize  winners  at 
the  shows  than  any  other  bull  of  his  day.  Her 
dam  is  by  imp.  Thistletop.  Maxwalton  Rosedale, 
own  brother  to  the  grand  champion  Whitehall 
Rosedale,  is  represented  by  some  good  cows 
among  which  is  Rosebud  3d,  a  daughter  of  Rose- 
bud 2d,  mentioned  above.  Prince  Valentine  4th, 
the  splendid  show  and  breeding  bull  used  for  a 
time  by  Tomson  Bros.,  is  the  sire  of  Bonny  Belle. 
She  is  out  of  a  Barmpton  Knight  cow  whose  dam 
was  by  Gallant  Knight.  Josephine  Daisy  is  by 
the  Tomson  bred  Village  Knight,  a  son  of  Gal- 
lant Knight's  Heir,  out  of  a  Barmpton  Knight 
dam. 

The  herd  bull  is  Auburn  Dale  569935.  He  is  by 
Maxwalton  Rosedale  out  of  Norwood  Augusta  3d 
by  imp.  Crescent  Knight.  His  second  dam  is 
imp.  Augusta  105th.  His  breeding  could  not 
be  improved  and  he  is  acknowledged  to  be  one  of 
the  best  sires  of  his  section. 

Wales  &  Young  were  leading  contributors  to 
the  Northwest  sale  at  Concordia  in  1919. 

Herman  A.  Johnson,  Osborne. — Mr.  Johnson 
is  considered  a  capable  judge  of  cattle  and  his 
friends  think  he  is  well  qualified  to  build  up  a 
herd.  His  stock  is  not  pushed  for  high  develop- 
ment but  is  kept  in  thrifty  growing  condition.  A 
considerable  part  of  his  foundation,  possibly  all, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  539 

was  bred  by  Wm.  Wales,  some  of  the  cows  having 
been  by  the  Tomsoii  bred  Scottish  Knight.  The 
bull  is  use  is  Spicy  Dale  755076  by  Maxwalton 
Rosedale,  the  son  of  Avondale  used  so  success- 
fully by  Tomsoii  Bros,  and  Andrew  Pringle. 
Like  many  other  small  breeders,  Mr.  Johnson, 
with  plenty  of  enterprise,  good  feeding  and  good 
breeding  can  make  his  herd  occupy  a  command- 
ing position  and  he  seems  to  have  the  ability  to 
do  the  work. 

R.  R.  Walker  &  Sons,  Osborne. — It  is  the  in- 
tention of  the  owners  to  establish  a  great  Short- 
horn herd  and  as  far  as  can  be  seen  everything  is 
in  their  favor.  Pasture,  water,  buildings  and 
silos  as  well  as  location  furnish  the  prime  requi- 
sites of  success.  The  herd  is  not  yet  large  but  it 
is  being  maintained  in  good  breeding  condition. 
The  bull  in  use  is  Knight  of  Elm  Lawn,  a  two- 
year-old  bred  by  Wales  &  Young.  He  is  by  Vil- 
lage Knight.  (See  Wales  &  Young  sketch.)  His 
dam- is  Ethel  3d  214199.  The  cows  come  from 
such  herds  as  that  of  L.  M.  Noffsinger 
and  with  the  use  of  high-class  sires  and  attention 
to  detail  the  Walkers  will  succeed  in  realizing 
their  ambition. 

OTTAWA  COUNTY 

A.  A.  Tennyson,  Lamar.* — Mr.  Tennyson 
comes  from  a  Shorthorn  family  and  has  the 


Ship  on  Santa  Fe  or  Union  Pacific. 


540  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

instinct  in  a  well  developed  .form.  Mrs.  Tennyson 
and  the  sons  are  also  enthusiastic  to  an  unusual 
degree.  The  herd  was  founded  thirteen  years 
ago  and  its  appearance  indicates  purposeful  and 
constructive  breeding.  It  is  a  large  one,  number- 
ing probably  fifty  females  of  breeding  age  and  I 
failed  to  find  one  that  was  not  good.  There  are 
uniformity  and  close  adherence  to  true  Short- 
horn type  that  are  combined  with  pleasing  head 
and  neck.  Most  of  the  cattle  have  very  nice 
horns  and,  as  a  whole,  they  make  an  elegant  ap- 
pearance. In  size,  both  extremes  are  well  avoided, 
there  being  no  very  large  or  very  small  ones.  The 
calves  speak  wrell  for  their  mothers  as  milkers. 

Everything  is  in  thrifty  condition  but  is  not 
overdone  and  the  entire  herd  is  kept  on  pasture 
only,  during  the  summer  and,  excepting  the 
young  stock,  all  are  kept  on  ensilage,  alfalfa  and 
other  roughage  in  the  winter.  This  is  one  of 
those  herds  that  it  is  a  real  pleasure  to  visit  and 
to  study,  not  on  account  of  great  outstanding 
merit  for  I  am  not  claiming  that,  but  on  account 
of  genuine  worth  as  a  Shorthorn  breeding  herd 
handled  in  an  economical  and  practical  way 
easily  within  the  reach  of  any  progressive  farm- 
er. Agricultural  interests  and  general  Shorthorn 
interests  would  be  well  served  if  the  country  were 
full  of  such  breeders  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tennyson. 

Going  back  to  the  herd  itself,  the  cows  pur- 
chased were  good  and  of  nice  breeding  and  good 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  541 

bulls  were  consistently  used.  I  shall  mention 
only  a  few  of  the  bulls.  Golden  Prince  292034 
was  bred  by  Geo.  Bothwell.  His  sire,  Golden 
Lavender,  was  a  son  of  Grand  Victor  out  of  imp. 
Sittyton  Lavender  6th.  His  dam,  Maid  of  Honor, 
was  also  by  Grand  Victor  and  out  of  imp.  Wini- 
fred 4th,  considered  by  some  the  best  cow  in  the 
Bothwell  herd.  Athene's  Scotchman,  bred  by  H. 
F.  Brown,  is  one  of  the  productions  of  the 
famous  Browndale  Farm.  He  was  by  Athene's 
Victor  2d  251153  out  of  Harmon's  Athene  4th. 
The  grand  lot  of  mature  cows  and  big  smooth 
heifers  on  the  farm  makes  it  needless  to  say  much 
about  him.  He  is  also  the  sire  of  the  ten  elegant 
cows  in  Fred  Abildgaard's  herd  near  Winfield. 

Crown  Prince,  the  present  herd  bull,  bred  by 
T.  J.  Dawe,  is  by  Royal  Diadem.  (See  Dawe 
sketch.)  His  dam  is  Secret  Beauty  bred  by 
Owens  Bros,  by  Secret  Barmpton,  second  dam 
by  Baron  Kerr  2d.  This  is  a  big  and  very  beefy 
bull  of  the  most  profitable  producer's  type.  He 
is  a  little  coarse  in  the  shoulder  and  shows  possi- 
bly a  little  too  much  prominence  of  hip  but  he 
has  a  fine  head  and  neck,  fine  quarters  and  a 
great  body  set  on  heavy,  short  legs.  I  was  very 
much  pleased  with  his  heifers.  They  are  large, 
smooth  and  deep  and  have  elegant  heads  and 
necks. 

True  to  the  precedent  established  of  using 
only  high-class  bulls,  Mr.  Tennyson  has  just 


542  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

purchased  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, Clara's  Type,  a  roan  by  Narcissus  Type  out 
of  a  dam  by  Matchless  Dale.  This  young  fellow 
is  large  with  fine  head  and  neck,  good  top  and 
bottom  lines  and  a  great  back  and  spring  of  ribs. 
He  combines  through  his  dam  and  sire,  Avon- 
dale,  the  greatest  son  of  the  world's  greatest 
breeding  bull,  and  Cumberland's  Type,  the  most 
remarkable  prize  winning  bull  of  the  twentieth 
century,  a  wealth  of  merit  in  ancestry  which 
should  make  him  an  outstanding  breeding  bull. 

Morse  Bros.,  Delphos.* — These  men  laid  their 
foundation  two  years  ago  in  buying  some  good 
heifers  from  Johnson  Bros.  They  were  by 
Athene's  Scotchman  and  out  of  cows  by  Double 
Champion,  the  Choice  Goods  bull  so  extensively 
advertised  by  Col.  Ed  Green.  Other  cows  in  the 
herd  are  by  the  Kellerman  bred  Scottish  Gloster 
and  by  Lord  Marr,  Mr.  Gif ford's  well  known  son 
of  Lord  Mayor  and  imp.  Marigold  50th.  The 
herd  bull  comes  from  Tomson  Bros.  His  sire  is 
Maxwalton  Rosedale  by  Avondale  out  of  imp. 
Rosewood  Pride.  His  dam  is  Glendale  Pavonia 
by  Happy  Knight,  son  of  Gallant  Knight  out  of  a 
Lord  Mayor  dam,  second  dam,  imp.  Glendale 
Pavonia  by  Bold  Count.  There  is  no  better 
breeding  and  I  have  seen  few  better  young  bulls 
this  year.  Though  running  out  with  the  herd  as 
a  yearling  on  pasture  and  in  thin  flesh,  he  is 

*       Ship  on  Santa  Fe  or  Union  Pacific. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  543 

not  easily  faulted  except  in  some  minor  points. 

There  can  be  little  just  criticism  made  either 
in  the  breeding  or  in  the  type  of  the  cows  of  this 
herd  but  the  conditions  under  which  they  are 
kept  are  not  such  as  to  bring  out  the  individual 
merit  that  should  justly  be  theirs  by  virtue  of  in- 
heritance. No  one  realizes  this  more  fully  than 
the  owners  and  they  are  laying  plans  to  improve 
in  these  details.  When  they  have  succeeded  they 
will  be  in  a  position  to  put  up  a  real  Shorthorn 
herd. 

Johnson  Bros.,  Delphos. — An  excellent  herd 
properly  handled  and  in  splendid  condition  is 
what  I  saw  on  the  Johnson  farm.  Shorthorn 
type,  breeding,  character,  size,  fleshing  quality, 
with  good  milking  tendency  covers  a  description 
of  the  cows. 

The  foundation  was  laid  at  Mr.  Amcoats'  sale 
eight  years  ago.  Later  additions  of  cows  were 
made  and  the  well  known  show  and  breeding  bull, 
Gallant  Knight's  Heir,  was  purchased  from 
Tomson  Bros.  He  left  a  lot  of  nice  cows  in  the 
herd  and  a  young  bull  by  him  out  of  one  of  the 
choice  cows  on  the  farm  is  the  sire  of  ten  good 
yearling  heifers  I  saw  in  one  of  the  pastures. 
Athene's  Scotchman,  so  successfully  used  by  A. 
A.  Tennyson,  also  proved  valuable  here. 

Miss  Orange  Blossom,  coming  from  Fred  Gif- 
f ord,  is  one  of  the  best  cows  by  Lord  Marr,  a  son 
of  Lord  Mayor  and  imp.  Marigold  50th.  Her 


544  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

dam,  Orange  Blossom  33d,  came  from  the  Kellogg 
Stock  Farm  and  was  by  Scotchman  447180  by 
the  Bellows  bred  Ambassador  out  of  Gralanthus 
by  imp.  Barbarossa.  Secret  Lass  is  by  Double 
Champion,  the  excellent  son  of  Choice  Goods  and 
Russella,  the  dam  of  one  of  the  greatest  of  Amer- 
ican cows,  Ruberta.  Secret  Lass  is  out  of  a 
daughter  of  Baron  Violet,  a  son  of  the  sensation- 
al Sweet  Violet  2d.  A  Tomson  bred  son  of  Beaver 
Creek  Sultan  heads  the  herd  and  is  doing  satis- 
factory service. 

B.  M.  Lyne  &  Sons,  Oak  Hill. — Mr.  Lyne  is  one 
of  the  old  breeders  who  has  bred  his  herd  and 
has  made  but  few  additions  by  purchase.  He  has 
held  five  public  sales,  all  classed  as  successful. 
There  is  uniformity  and  much  indication  of  milk- 
ing quality  in  the  herd,  two  valuable  character- 
istics in  any  lot  of  cows.  Pair  size,  straight  lines 
and  evident  usefulness  were  also  apparent.  The 
calves,  the  test  of  the  cows,  were  unusual  and 
reflected  the  use  of  a  good  bull.  Mr.  Lyne  has 
not  given  his  cattle  the  development  he  should 
but  is  now  instituting  a  reform  in  this  respect. 

Romeo,  one  of  the  herd  bulls  by  imp.  Bapton 
Coronet  was  very  satisfactory.  Red  Laddie  by 
Captain  Archer  out  of  Red  Lady  7th  by  Lord 
Thistle  was  bought  at  the  Stodder  dispersion. 
He  had  been  at  the  head  of  the  show  herd  the 
previous  season  and  was  a  winner.  After  the 
death  of  his  sire  he  had  been  used  in  the  breeding 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  545 

herd.  Violet  Search  3d  by  Searchlight  and  out  of 
Violet  Bloom  by  Golden  Bloom  came  from  Mr. 
Nevius'  herd.  Both  Red  Laddie  and  Violet 
Search  3d  left  splendid  stock.  The  present  bull 
is  Royal  Type  by  Cumberland  Type,  dam  by 
Burwood  Royal,  second  dam  by  King  Marengo, 
a  son  of  King  Champion  out  of  imp.  Lady  Doug- 
las followed  by  Cumberland's  Last  and  Fitz 
Eustace.  He  looks  worthy  of  his  ancestry  and 
should  prove  valuable. 

F.  D.  White,  Ada.— Mr.  White  bought  three 
cows  in  1916  and  he  now  has  a  good  start.  These 
cows  were  all  by  Victor  Chief  236981,  a  T.  K. 
Tomson  &  Sons  bred  bull  by  Dictator  out  of 
Elder  Lawn  Victoria  by  Gallant  Knight,  second 
dam,  Victoria  of  Maple  Hill,  the  dam  of  Gallant 
Knight's  Heir.  When  we  consider  that  Dictator 
was  own  brother  to  Forest  Daisy  2d,  dam  of  the 
International  grand  champion,  New  Year's  De- 
light, we  get  an  idea  of  the  foundation  Mr. 
White  laid.  The  bull  in  use  is  by  Red  Laddie, 
for  one  season  at  the  head  of  the  Stodder  show 
herd,  a  state  fair  prize  winner  by  Captain 
Archer,  own  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of 
Lespedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  International  grand 
champion. 

RENO  COUNTY 

Gaeddert  Bros.,  Buhler.— In  1917  Gaeddert 
Bros,  made  the  first  purchase  of  foundation 


546 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


stock  securing  some  of  the  better  animals  from 
the  Lookabaugh  and  Bellows  herds.  Among  the 
best  females  secured  was  Parkdale  Clipper  5th, 
a  roan  by  that  excellent  heifer  getter,  Cumber- 
land Diamond,  well  known  in  Kansas  as  chief 


PLEASANT    ACRES    SULTAN 

herd  bull  owned  by  E.  L.  Stunkel.  Parkdale 
Clipper  was  in  calf  to  Village  Supreme  and  her 
heifer  calf  from  the  International  grand  cham- 
pion was  first  at  both  the  Kansas  and  Oklahoma 
state  fairs  and  stood  second  in  a  class  of  twenty- 
eight  at  the  Kansas  National  Show  in  1920.  Be- 
fore this  heifer  was  a  year  old,  $2500  had  twice 
been  refused  for  her.  Another  excellent  cow  is 
Crimson's  Daughter,  a  stretchy  red  that  is  very 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  547 

close  to  the  ground  and  is  an  extraordinary 
milker.  A  bull  calf  from  this  cow,  though  show- 
ing at  a  big  disadvantage  as  to  age,  was  well  at 
the  top  of  his  class  at  Muskogee,  at  Dallas,  and 


LAVKXDKi*  PRINCESS  7:h  THAT  TOPPED  THE  1920  PURPLE 
RIBBON  SALE  FOR  GAEDDERT  BROS. 

at  the  Kansas  National.  A  red  heifer  by  Pleas- 
ant Dale  Sultan  out  of  Crimson's  Daughter  is 
one  of  the  highly  prized  young  things  on  the 
farm.  Lady  Geraldine  9th,  a  red  by  Geo.  Allen  & 
Sons'  noted  son  of  Whitehall  Sultan,  Victor 
Sultan,  is  out  of  a  cow  by  a  son  of  imp.  Lavender 
Lad  followed  by  imp.  Baron  Cruickshank.  Her 
first  calf,  Roan  Geraldine,  sold  at  the  Purple 
Ribbon  sale  at  Wichita  in  1920  for  $1225.  This 
cowls  closely  descended  from  a  long  line  of  sires 


548  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

and  dams  bred  by  Mr.  Cruickshank  himself  and 
the  pedigree  is  especially  attractive. 

The  cows  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  are  only 
a  few  of  the  good  ones  in  the  Gaeddert  herd,  the 


SUPREME   CLIPPEE 


rest  being  of  the  same  desirable  breeding  and 
conformation.  It  will  be  evident  to  any  one  in- 
terested in  Shorthorns  and  possessing  a  fair 
knowledge  of  Shorthorn  pedigrees  that  the  Gaed- 
dert cattle  properly  belong,  by  virtue  of  inher- 
ited quality,  among  the  tops  of  the  breed. 

As  in  all  worth-while  herds,  the  bull  is  the  first 
consideration.  In  the  purchase  of  Pleasant  Acres 
Sultan  Gaeddert  Bros,  went  to  one  of  the  foun- 
tain heads  of  Shorthorn  excellence  for  a  sire.  In 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  549 

1917  this  bull  was  the  senior  calf  in  the  Looka- 
baugh  show  herd  and  he  stood  first  in  class  at 
four  state  fairs.  He  was  also  at  the  head  of  the 
first  prize  young  herd  and  of  the  first  prize  calf 


ROAN   GERALDINE 

herd  and  he  was  one  of  the  group  that  won  the 
get  of  sire  prize,  for  his  illustrious  sire,  Fair 
Acres  Sultan.  Of  this  calf  Mr.  Lookabaugh  says, 
" Pleasant  Acres  Sultan  wTas  undefeated  at  the 
state  fairs  where  he  was  shown.  He  looks  very 
much  like  his  half  brother,  Rosewood  Reserve 
that  sold  for  $8100."  As  a  four-year-old  bull 
Pleasant  Acres  Sultan  shows  a  magnificent 
front  with  straight  top  and  bottom  lines  and  few 
bulls  show  as  much  finish,  especially  at  the  tail 


550  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

head  as  he.  As  a  sire  he  is  all  that  could  be  de- 
sired. His  calves  are  easy  feeders  with  the  same 
soft  touch,  excellent  finish  and  splendid  carriage 
as  their  sire. 

Seyb  Bros.  &  French,  Pretty  Prairie. — This 
firm  consists  of  J.  C.  Seyb  and  W.  H.  Seyb, 
brothers,  and  L.  R.  French,  a  brother-in-law. 
Each  owns  and  cares  for  his  own  cattle  but  they 
own  their  pasture  lands  and  herd  bulls  in  com- 
mon and  co-operate  in  any  commercial  trans- 
actions in  the  way  of  sales.  The  quality,  as  well 
as  the  blood  lines  of  these  herds,  is  largely  the 
same.  All  of  these  men  are  in  the  business  to 
stay  and  they  plan  to  become  real  Shorthorn 
breeders  making  their  herds  first-class  and  pass- 
ing the  business  on  to  the  boys  of  the  families. 
They  have  sufficient  pasturage,  plenty  of  alfalfa 
with  ensilage  and  an  abundance  of  water.  With 
the  care  they  are  giving  their  herds  they  will, 
without  question,  be  able  to  carry  out  their  un- 
dertaking. 

The  cows  are  straight  and  smooth  and  are  the 
kind  that  look  like  good  producers.  The  breeding 
of  pure  breds  began  eight  years  ago  following 
the  raising  of  high  grades,  a  few  of  which  are 
still  in  the  herds  but  which  will  gradually  be 
closed  out  as  the  pure  breds  increase.  The  orig- 
inal purchases  were  made  from  the  herds  of  Dr. 
E.  A.  Stewart  and  other  local  breeders  and  in- 
clude two  splendid  cows  bred  by  Alex  Eraser, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  551 

one  of  which,  a  great  roan,  by  Falsetto,  repre- 
sents the  high  priced  Duchess  line  crossed  with 
the  best  Scotch  bulls  of  the  day.  Among  the 
sires  of  the  cows  are  such  bulls  as  Lord  Banff  2d, 
favorably  known  son  of  imp.  Lord  Banff ;  Victor 
Archer,  Dr.  Stewart's  show  and  breeding  bull; 
Forest  Knight  by  Gallant  Knight  out  of  a  dam 
by  Norfolk,  a  famous  sire  in  B.  O.  Cowan's  herd 
and  Dictator  by  Norfolk  out  of  Daisy  of  North 
Oaks  5th.  This  last  bull  was  a  full  brother  to  the 
dam  of  New  Year's  Delight,  one  of  America's 
greatest  show  heifers.  A  recent  addition  of  two 
cows  was  made  from  the  herd  of  R.  E.  Gallatin  of 
Missouri  and  they  fit  nicely  with  those  on  hand. 
While  good  bulls  have  always  been  used  Mr.  J. 
C.  Seyb  says  the  last  two  have  been  the  best  of 
the  lot.  They  both  came  from  John  Regier. 
White  News  wras  a  big,  thick,  stretchy  fellow  and 
an  exceptional  breeder  as  a  lot  of  heifers  by  him 
show.  He  was  by  New  Goods  out  of  Edelweiss 
5th  by  Nonpareil  Star  and  she  was  out  of  imp. 
Edelweiss  by  Star  of  Destiny.  The  present  bull 
is  a  very  smooth,  good  sized  red,  a  winner  at  the 
Kansas  State  Fair,  and  judging  by  four  calves 
of  his  get,  now  nearly  a  year  old,  he  is  an  unusual 
breeder.  His  sire,  Dale  Emblem,  is  by  Double 
Dale  and  his  dam  is  by  New  Goods  out  of  a  cow 
l>y  imp.  Lord  Banff.  The  pedigree  value  of  this 
bull  is  enhanced  by  the  fact  that  Double  Dale  is 
frequently  rated  the  best  breeding  son  of 


552  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Avondale  while  imp.  Lord  Banff  was  the  first 
Scotch  bull  to  sell  for  more  than  $5000. 

J.  C.  Banbury  &  Sons,  Plevna.*— This  is  a 
herd  of  175  head,  practically  all  of  which  are 
Polled  Shorthorns.  It  has  been  built  up  by  the 
use  of  excellent  bulls  from  herds  noted  for  qual- 
ity of  output,  the  three  leading  Polled  herds  of 
America  having  been  heavily  drawn  on  for 
breeding  stock.  One  of  the  cows,  Miami  Golden 
Drop  2d,  came  from  J.  H.  Miller,  Peru, 
Indiana,  the  world's  greatest  Polled  breed- 
er. Her  sire  is  Sultan  of  Anoka,  one  of 
Mr.  Harding 's  best  productions  by  the  world's 
greatest  sire,  Whitehall  Sultan.  The  other  cows 
in  the  herd  are  rightly  bred  and  are  of  very  pop- 
ular blood  lines,  including  splendid  specimens 
from  leading  herds  in  Indiana,  Missouri  and 
Kansas. 

One  of  the  herd  bulls,  Orange  Champion,  came 
from  J.  H.  Miller's  twelve  years  ago.  He  was  by 
Roan  Archer,  also  bred  by  Mr.  Miller,  in  fact, 
the  ancestry  of  this  bull  was  largely  of  the  Miller 
breeding.  Sultan's  Pride  is  by  the  International 
grand  champion  Polled  bull,  True  Sultan,  a 
noted  sire  of  prize  winners,  a  son  of  Sultan  of 
Anoka,  and  one  of  the  smoothest,  best  finished 
bulls  of  any  breed  ever  seen  on  the  western  show 
circuit.  Sultan's  Pride  was  also  a  first-class 
show  bull  having  been  first  and  junior  champion 


Farm  in  Reno  and  Pratt  counties. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  553 

in  1915  at  Lincoln,  Topeka,  Hutchinson  and 
Oklahoma  City.  In  1916  he  was  first  at  Bur- 
lington, Des  Monies  and  Hutchinson  where  Mr. 
Banbury  bought  him  out  of  the  Stegelin  show 


These  cattle  are  in  the  Banbury 

herd   and   represent  the   Banbury 

type. 

herd  and  put  him  to  siring  calves  which  show  him 
to  be  even  greater  as  a  breeder  than  as  a  show 
bull.  Roan  Orange,  one  of  the  largest  bulls  of 
the  breed  and  a  son  of  Orange  Champion,  is  still 
one  of  tlie  leading  herd  bulls  and  is  doing  excel- 
lent service.  Grand  Sultan,  a  son  of  the  noted 
sire,  Meadow  Sultan,  is  also  winning  fame  for 
his  owners  and  for  the  breed. 

The  conditions  under  which  these  cattle  are 
kept  insure  the  production  of  the  profitable 
kind  that  give  maximum  returns  for  the  feed 
consumed  and  they  will  do  their  full  share  in 
driving  out  the  scrubs  as  well  as  the  horns. 

W.  J.  Holloran,  Castleton. — Mr.  Holloran  has 


554  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

been  breeding  Shorthorns  for  six  years.  The 
cows  purchased  represent  a  good  line  of  sires 
such  as  Ideal  Archer  by  Victor  Archer,  Secret 
Prince  by  Prince  Pavonia  out  of  a  dam  by  Gal- 
lant Knight  and  Fame's  Goods  by  Ruberta's 
Goods  out  of  imp.  Princess  Fame.  The  herd  bull 
Rosewood  Villager,  is  by  Rosewood  Dale,  his 
dam  is  by  Good  Choice  and  his  second  dam  is  by 
Fitz  Eustace,  a  son  of  Cumberland,  the  bull  that 
made  C.  A.  Sauriders  famous.  These  cattle  have 
not  been  handled  for  best  results  but  Mr.  Hollor- 
an  is  making  some  improvements  which  will 
work  for  better  conditions  and  consequent  better 
development  of  the  herd. 

F.  H.  Oldenettel,  Haven.— Mr.  Oldenettel  is  a 
new  breeder  who  bought  a  bull  and  a  few  cows 
from  Tomson  Bros,  in  1919.  Violet  Lady  is  one 
of  the  good  ones.  Her  sire,  Butterfly  Collynie 
by  Secret  Abbotsburn,  carries  near  the  top  of 
his  pedigree  the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie,  sire  of 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  1919  International 
grand  champion  and  that  of  Young  Abbotsburn, 
grand  champion  of  America.  The  bull  is  Village 
Rex  by  Village  Diamond,  son  of  imp.  Villager. 
His  dam  is  by  Cumberland  Marshal,  sire  of  the 
noted  McDermott  bred  Village  Marshal,  now  in 
use  in  the  Tomson  herd. 

D.  M.  Beitler,  Sterling.— Though  Mr.  Beitler 
has  only  a  few  cattle  now,  he  has  been  handling 
Shorthorns  for  the  last  twelve  years.  His  herd 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  555 

is  largely  representative  of  Victor  Archer,  the 
excellent  son  of  Archer,  that  in  Dr.  Stewart's 
show  herd  made  quite  a  reputation.  A  dash  of 
imp.  Collynie  was  also  secured  through  the  use 
of  The  Kaiser  577443.  A  son  of  Victor  Archer 
is  in  service  at  present. 

REPUBLIC  COUNTY 

R.  B.  Donham,  Talmo. — Mr.  Donham  was 
raised  in  a  Shorthorn  family  in  Johnson  county. 
He  has  a  herd  of  twenty-five  females  and  half  of 
them  are  outstanding  specimens  of  the  breed. 
He  demands  that  his  cows  be  large,  though  not 
extreme  in  size,  and  his  system  of  feeding  is  such 
as  to  produce  as  thick  flesh  and  good  general  de- 
velopment as  is  consistent  with  future  usefulness. 
Mr.  Donham  has  been  exhibiting  at  the  Repub- 
lic, Clay  and  Mitchell  county  fairs,  winning  num- 
erous prizes  and  at  each  of  these  fairs  his  herd 
bull,  Victoria's  Baron  2d,  was  made  the  grand 
champion  against  strong  competition.  He  has 
been  a  contributor  to  both  the  Northwest  Associ- 
ation sales  held  at  Concordia  and  he  has  held  one 
sale  011  his  own  account  which  was  rated  as  very 
successful. 

The  help  problem  has  been  solved  on  this  320 
acre  farm  by  employing  permanently  a  married 
man.  The  farm  is  devoted  almost  exclusively  to 
pasture  and  the  growing  of  alfalfa,  ensilage 
and  cattle.  The  Shorthorn  herd  will  be  increased 


556  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

both  by  retaining  the  best  of  the  heifers  produced 
and  by  making  an  occasional  purchase.  The  cows 
in  the  Donham  herd  represent  the  most  popular 
of  the  Cruickshank  and  Marr  families  and  some 
of  the  pedigrees  are  especially  attractive. 

Miss  Lavender,  a  roan  bred  by  T.  J.  Blake,  is 
good  enough  to  have  won  the  grand  champion- 
ship at  the  1919  Republic  county  fair.  Her  sire, 
Royal  Gloster,  was  by  the  popular  Royal 
Diadem  and  her  dam,  Lady  Acorn,  was 
by  Barmpton  Bud  152945.  Red  Alexandria 
is  a  daughter  of  Orange  Lad,  a  son  of 
Geo.  Allen's  Victor  Sultan,  one  of  the  best 
Whitehall  Sultan  sires.  Her  dam  is  Miss  Dale 
by  Merry  Dale,  a  son  of  Avondale  out  of  imp. 
Matrimony.  At  the  1920  sale  held  by  C.  S. 
Nevius  &  Sons,  Mr.  Donham  strengthened  his 
herd  by  buying  Valentine's  Violet,  a  white  two- 
year  old  by  Emma's  Valentine,  for  $1325.  This 
is  one  of  the  richest  and  most  popularly  bred 
heifers  in  Kansas  or  elsewhere,  for  this  line  of 
breeding  has  produced  Lady  Supreme,  the  1919 
and  1920  grand  champion  cow  west  of  the  Miss- 
issippi and  Lespedeza  Collynie,  the  1919  grand 
champion  bull  at  the  International.  Valentine's 
Violet  and  her  heifer  calf  by  Golden  Search 
would  add  great  value  and  prestige  to  any  herd. 
Golden  Signet,  an  elegant  twelve-month-old 
red  heifer  by  Golden  Search,  also  fell  to  Mr.  Don- 
ham's  bidding. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  557 

In  April  1918  at  a  sale  of  good  Shorthorns,  a 
friend  asked  me  to  pick  out  for  him  the  best  bull 
in  the  sale  and  I  selected  Victoria's  Baron  2d. 
Mr.  Donham  saw  this  bull  a  week  later  and  by 
paying  my  friend  $200  profit,  he  secured  the 
calf,  then  just  twelve  months  old,  for  use  in  his 
herd.  He  has  grown  into  a  splendid  show  and 
breeding  bull,  which  is  only  what  could  reason- 
ably be  expected  of  him,  for  his  ancestry  has  a 
rich  inheritance  of  what  is  best  in  Shorthorns. 
Secret  Baron,  his  sire,  was  probably  the  best  son 
of  Snowstorm,  the  elegant  breeding  son  of 
Snowflake,  sire  of  the  three  times  International 
grand  champion  Eingmaster.  His  dam  is  by 
Choice  Collynie,  a  bull  that  in  the  first  remove 
descends  from  Choice  Goods  and  imp.  Collynie, 
Eoyal  Knight  and  the  two  great  cows,  Wistful 
and  imp.  Princess  Alice. 

E.  A.  Cory  &  Sons,  Talmo. — The  senior  mem- 
ber of  this  firm  is  well  known  as  sales  manager 
for  the  Northwest  Kansas  Association.  This  is 
an  old  established  herd  and  there  are  now  almost 
100  females  on  the  farm.  One  of  the  best  cows 
from  which  the  herd  descends  is  Belle  of  Ever- 
green 30th,  sixteen  years  old,  the  dam  of 
thirteen  calves,  ten  of  them  heifers.  She  has 
weighed  1960  pounds  and  is  considered  by  Mr. 
Cory  a  first-class  Shorthorn  cow.  The  size  as 
indicated  by  this  cow  is  one  of  the  features  of 
the  herd  which  includes  numbers  of  animals  of 


558  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

more  than  usual  quality.  The  original  line  of 
cattle  has  been  supplemented  from  other 
herds.  Jewell  Star  came  from  Blank  Bros. 
&  Kleen  and  her  sire,  imp.  Strowan  Star,  holds  a 
reputation  that  adds  prestige  to  his  get.  Being 
from  good  ancestry  on  her  dam's  side,  she  is  a 
worthy  addition  to  the  herd.  Redbird,  a  four- 
year-old,  is  by  Missie  's  Sultan  361372,  son  of  Vic- 
tor Sultan  one  of  the  favorably  known  western 
sons  of  Whitehall  Sultan. 

During  the  past  season  six  valuable  females 
have  been  purchased.  These  are  of  present  day 
popular  blood  lines  and  include  Lancaster's 
Lady,  first  prize  and  champion  female  at  the 
Republic  county  fair.  Her  sire  is  Village  Flash 
of  inter-state  fame  in  the  herds  of  Ed  .Hall  and 
Evans  Bros,  and  a  son  of  imp.  Villager.  The 
dam  of  Lancaster's  Lady  is  Sultana  Lancaster  by 
Sultan  Supreme,  sire  of  Village  Supreme,  Inter- 
national grand  champion  in  1916.  Splendor 
Belle,  another  four-year-old,  strong  in  Villager 
blood,  is  by  Augusta's  Villager  by  imp.  Villager 
and  her  dam  is  by  imp.  Scottish  Sentinel,  both 
bulls  of  much  excellence.  The  six  heifers  are  con- 
sidered by  Mr.  Cory  a  rare  lot  and,  coming  as 
they  do  from  good  herds  and  being  backed  up  by 
ancestry  of  acknowledged  merit  and  popular 
breeding,  they  can  hardly  help  proving  a  wise 
investment. 

Two  bulls  are  needed  in  this  large  herd.    One 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  559 

of  them  is  the  three-year-old  Village  King  649268 
from  Henry  Kupper's  herd,  sired  by  Augusta's 
Villager  by  imp.  Villager.  Village  King's  dam 
is  Autumn  Queen  Mary  by  imp.  Scottish  Sen- 
tinel, second  dam  by  imp.  Strowan  Star.  It  is 
only  reasonable  to  presume  that  the  use  of  this 
bull  would  give  excellent  results.  The  other  one 
is  Sultan's  Champion  728280.  His  sire  is  Pair 
Champion,  one  of  the  good  sons  of  the  noted  sire, 
Fair  Acres  Sultan.  (See  Borger  sketch.)  His 
dam  is  by  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  own  brother  to 
Whitehall  Rosedale,  American  Royal  and  west- 
ern state  fair  grand  champion.  As  this  is  written 
lie  is  just  twenty-one  months  old  and  Mr.  Cory 
writes  me  that  he  weighs  nearly  1700  pounds. 

The  Cory  herd  is  being  kept  in  a  section  where 
Shorthorns  grow  big  and  are  supreme,  helping  to 
maintain  the  size  of  the  breed. 

E.  A.  Campbell,  Wayne. — A  herd  of  thirty  fe- 
males is  found  on  this  farm.  The  cows  are  of 
good  size  and  the  young  stock  is  well  grown. 
Mr.  Campbell  was  an  exhibitor  at  the  Republic 
county  fair  in  1918  and  1919  and  won  his  share  of 
the  ribbons  each  year.  He  was  one  of  the  contrib- 
utors to  the  Northwest  sale  at  Concordia  in 
1919. 

Cumberland  Gem,  a  four-year-old  roan  cow,  is 
by  Double  Sultan  by  Sultan  of  Anoka,  one  of  the 
best  of  Whitehall  Sultan's  sons.  Her  dam  is  by 
True  Cumberland  2d  by  Cumberland's  Last, 


560  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

most  famous  sire  of  the  family.  Golden  Lady  is 
a  three-year-old  roan  by  Kansas  Lad,  a  son  of 
Pride  of  Collynie,  not  only  an  excellent  sire  but 
a  bull  with  prestige  of  ancestry  and  own  brother 
to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  the  dam  of  Lespedeza  Col- 
lynie, International  grand  champion  in  1919. 

The  bulls  in  the  past  were  Choice  Master  2d 
414200,  and  Kansas  Lad,  the  Pride  of  Collynie 
bull  mentioned  above.  Two  bulls  are  now  in  the 
herd.  Royal  Diamond  by  Sittyton  Minstrel  386- 
816  out  of  Diamond  Victoria  190666  by  the  cham- 
pion, Diamond  Goods  and  Lord  Albion  819181 
by  Pride  of  Albion,  the  wonderful  white  bull  that 
has  been  a  consistent  prize  winner  all  over  the 
Shorthorn  country.  It  does  not  require  much 
stretch  of  the  imagination  to  predict  for  Mr. 
Campbell  a  successful  Shorthorn  career. 

Since  the  article  above  was  written  Mr.  Camp- 
bell has  greatly  strengthened  his  breeding  herd 
by  the  addition  of  two  of  the  best  females  sold  in 
the  1920  Nevius  sale,  Violet's  Gratitude  836415 
and  Cherry  Blossom  10th  836409.  Both  these 
heifers  are  of  the  best  known  Scotch  breeding 
and  Cherry  Blossom  10th  is  of  the  same  family 
and  blood  lines  as  the  cow  that  topped  the  Park 
E.  Salter  sale  at  $3500  in  1919. 

RICE  COUNTY 
Fred  Walton  &  Sons,  Sterling.*— The  original 


Ship  on  Santa  Fe,  Mo.  Pac.  or  Frisco. 


562  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

purchases  for  the  Walton  herd  came  from  local 
breeders  and  were  strong,  rugged  cows  of  quite 
good  blood  lines,  but  as  in  most  cases  they  repre- 
sented no  concentrated  effort  to  secure  definite 
results.  There  was  especially  lacking  that  uni- 
formity so  desired  by  experienced  breeders. 

The  first  bull  that  was  able  to  put  his  impress 
on  the  herd  and  make  a  marked  advance  toward 
the  desired  end  was  Lavender  Search  405668, -a 
son  of  Searchlight.  His  dam  was  one  of  Mr. 
Nevius'  good  cows,  sired  by  the  champion,  Choice 
Goods.  His  dam  was  by  imp.  Lavender  Lad, 
Mr.  Dustin's  great  son  of  Scottish  Archer,  and 
the  next  cross  was  Golden  Rule,  the  famous 
Robert  Miller  show  and  breeding  bull.  Lavender 
Search  is  very  close  to  the  ground,  carries  heavy 
flesh  and  is  good  from  end  to  end.  About  twenty 
of  his  daughters  of  all  ages  will  be  in  the  herd 
and  they  are  of  the  even,  smooth,  attractive  kind 
that  are  almost  invariably  satisfactory  breeders. 
A  number  of  acceptable  additions  have  been 
made  recently,  among  them  a  beautiful  red  two- 
year-old  from  Park  E.  Salter  's  herd  and  sired  by 
Rosewood  Dale.  An  occasional  female  will  be 
added  by  purchase. 

A  most  fortunate  selection  of  a  herd  bull  was 
made  in  1914,  Prince  Valentine  4th,  one  among 
the  best  of  Kansas  bulls.  He  is  now  being  used 
and  will  probably  be  continued  in  service  here  as 
long  as  he  is  useful.  This  ten-year-old  bull  was 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  563 

one  of  the  best  things  that  Mr.  Nevius  ever  pro- 
duced. As  a  show  bull  he  had  few  equals  and  in 
my  travels  over  eastern  Kansas  I  have  found  a 
lot  of  his  get  of  both  sexes  and  every  one  is 
good.  His  calves  have  stood  high  at  leading 
shows  and  both  his  bulls  and  heifers  are  such  as 
to  place  him  in  the  list  of  high-class  sires.  He 
has  been  used  with  much  success  by  Mr.  Nevius, 
Tomson  Bros.,  and  H.  H.  Holmes  and  Mr.  Wal- 
ton was  fortunate  in  getting  him. 

Since  the  article  above  was  written  Mr.  Wal- 
ton bought  seven  of  the  top  females  sold  at  the 
1920  Southeast  Kansas  sale  at  Independence  as 
well  as  a  few  choice  ones  elsewhere.  Prince  Val- 
entine 4th  is  very  sure  and  the  building  of  an 
excellent  herd  is  in  rapid  progress. 

A.  Case  &  Sons,  Sterling. — The  sons  of  this 
firm  are  students  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College,  the  older  one  being  a  graduate 
veterinarian.  Six  years  ago  they  bought  of  Tom- 
son  Bros,  five  heifers,  two  by  Gallant  Knight's 
Heir  and  three  by  Barmpton  Knight.  Their 
dams  were  of  choice  Tomson  and  Babst  breeding. 
These  heifers  have  developed  into  nice  cows, 
several  of  them  being  of  show  yard  type.  The 
bull  bought  at  that  time  was  Lord  Mayor  3d  by 
Lord  Mayor  out  of  Forest  Daisy  of  Norfolk.  He 
was  not  only  a  satisfactory  breeder  but  he  was 
also  a  high-class  show  bull.  This  is  not  surpris- 
ing since  a  full  sister  to  his  dam  produced  for 


564  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Tomson  Bros,  the  great  heifer,  New  Year's  De- 
light, International  junior  and  American  Royal 
grand  champion.  Little  of  the  increase  has  been 
kept  in  the  past  but  it  is  now  planned  to  enlarge 
the  herd  by  production.  They  have  added  to 
their  equipment  a  big  silo  and  a  field  of  alfalfa. 

A  bull  has  been  purchased  (1920)  from 
H.  M.  Hill,  said  by  Mr.  Hill  to  be  one  of 
his  best  products.  His  sire  is  Master  of  the 
Dales  by  Avondale  and  his  dam  is  Emma  Lady 
by  Ingle  Lad,  followed  by  47th  Duke  of  Airdrie, 
Thistlewood  and  imp.  King  of  Aberdeen.  The 
Ingle  Lad  cows  are  rated  among  the  best  breed- 
ing cows  in  Kansas  and  this  particular  fam- 
ily in  Mr.  Hill's  herd  has  produced  uniformly 
good  cattle. 

G.  N.  Leclerc,  Lyons.* — Ten  years  ago  Mr. 
Leclerc  bought  one  Shorthorn  cow,  Mable  41318, 
and  the  entire  herd  comes  from  her.  The  old 
cow,  now  thirteen  years  old,  is  vigorous,  is  suck- 
ling a  lusty  calf  and  looks  equal  to  having  several 
more  calves.  While  there  are  some  good  cows 
in  this  herd,  yet  it  lacks  somewhat  in  the  uni- 
formity that  might  be  expected  in  the  descend- 
ants of  one  cow,  due  probably  to  the  use  of  bulls 
varying  in  type.  One  of  the  best  bulls  was  Lord 
Archer.  (See  Smith  sketch.)  His  get  is  smooth 
and  even.  The  entire  herd  produces  well  and  a 
very  promising  young  bull  is  in  service.  He 

*       Telephone,  Mitchell. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  565 

is  a  correct  Shorthorn  type,  very  straight  with  a 
big  body,  fine  head  and  neck  and  a  disposition  to 
do  well  on  pasture  seldom  found  in  a  bull  of  his 
age.  His  sire  is  by  Star  Goods,  full  brother  to 
Diamond  Goods  and  out  of  a  cow  by  Victor  Or- 
ange, probably  Henry  Stunkel's  best  bull.  The 
young  bull  is  out  of  a  cow  by  Buccaneer,  a  son  of 
imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp.  Mariner 
and  his  graiidam  is  by  Scottish  Prince,  a  son  of 
imp.  Lord  Cowslip  out  of  Red  Queen  by  imp. 
Scotchman.  Mr.  Leclerc  is  located  near  a  splen- 
did cattle  country  where  cattle  of  the  right  kind 
are  appreciated  and  he  should  have  no  trouble  in 
disposing  of  his  surplus.  He  is  proving  that  a 
young  man  can  successfully  grow  a  Shorthorn 
herd  from  one  cow — and  his  method  should  be 
followed  by  others. 

Rousseau  Smith  &  Son,  Lyons.* — We  have 
here  a  striking  illustration  of  the  value  of  one 
cow.  Eight  years  ago  Mr.  Smith  bought  a  big 
red  cow,  Peerless,  by  Liberty  Boy,  a  son  of  the 
champion,  Viscount  of  Anoka.  Her  dam  was  by 
the  Gentry  bred  Peris  Victorious  by  Victorious. 
Prom  this  cow  he  has  about  twenty  females, 
among  them  ten  breeding  cows  of  splendid  Short- 
horn type  with  size  and  fleshing  quality,  and  all 
of  them  prolific  and  suckling  their  calves  abun- 
dantly. He  has  probably  sold  enough  in  these 
years  to  pay  the  keep  of  the  herd. 


Telephone,  Mitchell. 


566  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

At  the  same  time  Mr.  Smith  also  bought  a  cow 
by  Double  Champion,  the  Choice  Goods  bull  out 
of  Russella,  the  dam  of  Ruberta  and,  though  she 
soon  became  barren,  several  valuable  females 
from  her  have  been  retained.  In  the  herd  there 
is  an  especially  attractive  cow  that  would  be  a 
credit  to  any  one  and  all  the  cattle  are  good.  The 
bulls  used  have  been  Lord  Archer  by  Protector, 
a  son  of  Barmpton  Knight  and  out  of  a  dam  by 
Dr.  Stewart's  Victor  Archer  and  Buster  by 
Double  Champion  and  out  of  a  cow  by  Vis- 
count of  Anoka.  Plans  are  now  being  made 
to  put  in  service  a  first-class  bull,  the 
one  thing  lacking  to  make  this  a  No.  1  herd.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  good  care-taker.  He  pays  attention 
to  detail  and  feeds  well  and  with  the  bull  that  is 
to  be  secured  we  may  expect  the  results  that  fol- 
low proper  mating  of  good  cows  and  caring  well 
for  the  herd. 

Hunter  Bros.,  Lyons — This  is  the  W.  E.  Hunt- 
er herd  taken  over  by  sons  at  Mr.  Hunter's  death. 
It  is  the  oldest  herd  in  Rice  county  and  at  this 
time  consists  of  about  twenty-five  females.  The 
young  men  intend  keeping  up  the  business,  work- 
ing improvements  as  they  have  opportunity  to 
do  so.  Conditions  are  favorable  as  they  have 
good  pasture  and  alfalfa.  The  present  herd  bull 
is  a  large,  stretchy,  even-lined  fellow  that  should 
impart  plenty  of  size  to  his  get  and  increase  the 
scale  of  the  cow  herd.  Like  nearly  all  the  herds 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  567 

of  Rice  county  this  lot  of  Shorthorns  carries  the 
blood  brought  in  by  E.  H.  Rutledge  through 
Double  Champion  and  Liberty  Boy  and  the 
many  good  cows  which  composed  that  herd. 

John  J.  Donnelly,  Little  River. — Mr.  Donnelly 
has  only  made  a  start  but  the  cattlemen  of  his 
community  have  always  made  good  and  he  will 
do  so.  A  sample  of  his  herd  is  found  in  Ruby 
Lavender.  Her  sire,  Lavender  Search,  is  a  great 
individual  by  Searchlight  out  of  a  Choice  Goods- 
Collynie  cow.  The  foundation  comes  from  good 
herds  and  the  output  of  this  herd  will  be  worthy 
of  recognition. 

RILEY  COUNTY 
Theo.  Olson  &  Sons,  Leonardville. — One  is  apt 

to  form  an  opinion  of  a  herd  by  the  cattle  seen 
at  different  places  and  from  this  viewpoint  I  had 
formed  a  very  favorable  one  of  the  Olson  herd. 
What  I  have  seen  recently  has  confirmed  my 
opinion.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Northwest  Kansas 
association  the  Olson  entries  to  the  sale  were 
highly  creditable  and  one,  a  fourteen-month-old 
heifer,  must  be  counted  among  the  best  things  I 
have  seen  this  season. 

It  is  amid  the  most  favorable  surroundings 
that  this  herd  is  kept — two  silos,  100  acres  of  al- 
falfa, blue  stem,  alfalfa  and  blue  grass  for  pas- 
ture, along  with  the  needed  grain  to  get  develop- 
ment without  any  of  the  injurious  effects  of 


568  A  HISTORY  OP  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

forcing,  have  produced  good  cattle  and  it  is  no 
wonder  that  there  are  some  outstanding  ones  in 
the  herd. 

The  seventy-five  females  range  from  medium 
to  large.  Royal  Pauline  is  by  Royal  Marshall, 
grand  champion  and  sire  of  big,  beefy,  smooth 
Shorthorns  in  great  numbers.  Royal  Pauline's 
dam  comes  from  Purdy  Bros,  and  was  by  Lord 
Champion,  a  sire  noted  all  over  the  West.  True 
Good's  Fashion  is  a  roan  of  excellent  form  and 
character.  Her  sire,  True  Goods,  was  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Dermott's  Fair  Goods,  the  white  son  of  the  cham- 
pion, Choice  Goods  and  Ruberta  the  undefeated. 
Her  dam  is  by  Lady  Acorn  2d  by  Barmpton. 
Diana  is  by  Roan  King,  a  son  of  Snowf lake,  sire 
of  Ringmaster,  the  only  bull  that  was  three 
times  an  International  grand  champion.  Her 
dam  is  Orange  Belle  by  Hampton's  Fashion,  son 
and  grandson  of  two  of  the  greatest  bulls  of 
Europe  and  America,  imp.  Merry  Hampton  and 
imp.  Baron  Cruickshank. 

As  to  the  bulls  that  did  service  in  this  herd, 
Rover,  a  roan,  was  by  the  Deane  Willis 
bred  Bapton  Coronet,  a  son  of  the  famous  Silver 
Plate.  Rover 's  dam  was  by  Golden  Archer,  a  son 
of  imp.  Master  Archer  by  Best  of  Archers  and 
out  of  imp.  Lady-in- Waiting.  Defender  came 
from  Tomson  Bros.  His  sire  was. Barmpton 
Knight,  one  of  the  best  bulls  of  his  day  and  sire 
of  many  show  cattle  at  big  shows  including  the 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  569 

International.  At  present  there  are  two  bulls 
in  service.  Sultan  is  by  Village  Beau,  son  of 
the  great  Villager  and  imp.  Belle  of  Ordeans. 
His  dam  is  by  Geo.  Allen's  Victor  Sultan,  one  of 
the  best  sons  of  Whitehall  Sultan.  Village  Boy 
is  by  Pleasant  Dale  2d,  sire  of  Lavender  Lord 
and  Maxwalton  Averne,  dam  of  the  $10000  2d 
Fair  Acres  Sultan.  His  dam  is  by  Sultan's  Last, 
the  Whitehall  Sultan  bull  used  at  Uppermill 
along  with  Villager,  second  dam  by  Proud  Sul- 
tan, also  by  Whitehall  Sultan.  The  get  of  the 
first  named  bull  which  can  be  seen  as  young  cows 
will  please  critical  visitors.  In  general  they  carry 
the  type  of  Village  Beau,  his  noted  sire. 

The  W.  J.  &  O.  B.  Burtis  and  Henry  B.  Bayer 
Herds,  Manhattan. — These  herds  are  operated 
under  separate  ownership  and  management  but 
are  similarly  located.  Mr.  Bayer  is  a  son-in-law 
of  the  elder  Burtis  and  the  farms  adjoin.  They 
co-operate  on  the  herd  bull,  in  the  matter  of  sell- 
ing and  in  many  other  details.  The  herds  should 
be  considered  together  as  intending  purchasers 
will  have  access  to  both  establishments.  The 
farms  consist  of  excellent  corn  and  alfalfa  lands 
and  the  best  of  upland  limestone  pasture  with 
plenty  of  spring  water.  In  addition  to  the  Union 
Pacific  and  Rock  Island  railroads  at  Manhattan 
only  three  miles  away,  the  Interurban  from 
Junction  City  to  Manhattan  runs  through  the 
farms  and  cars  stop  at  the  doors.  The  Golden 


570  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Belt    highway    also    runs    through    the    farms. 

Both  herds  were  established  in  1919.  It  was 
not  until  April  1920  that  a  herd  bull  was  secured, 
Jealous  Dale,  the  splendid  bull  at  Bluemont 
Farms,  having  been  used  prior  to  that  time. 
When  it  was  decided  to  buy  a  bull  Mr.  Walter 
Burtis  attended  the  Central  Sale  at  Kansas  City 
and  he  will  be  remembered  as  the  bidder  up  to 
$3500  on  Sanquhar  Sultan,  the  Tomson  bull  that 
sold  for  $3550.  Failing  to  get  this  bull,  they 
took  advantage  of  the  opportunity  and  bought 
his  sire,  Beaver  Creek  Sultan,  from  Tomson 
Bros.  This  grandson  of  Whitehall  Sultan  is  a  big, 
thick,  short-legged  white  with  a  reputation  as  a 
great  sire,  his  get  having  sold  at  big  prices  and 
matured  into  splendid  animals. 

The  Burtis  Cows. — Dale's  Helen  is  one  of  the 
best  daughters  of  Master  of  the  Dales.  Her  dam 
is  Helen  51st  sold  in  one  of  the  Southeast  Kansas 
sales  for  $1000.  Sycamore  Pavonia,  also  by 
Master  of  the  Dales,  is  out  of  Glendale  Pavonia 
2d  by  the  excellent  sire,  Scotland's  Charm,  sec- 
ond dam,  imp.  Pavonia.  This  is  the  same  an- 
cestry as  Mr.  Nevius'  Prince  Pavonia.  Queen 
Mistletoe  (No.  24  H.  M.  Hill  Herd  Catalog)  is  a 
red  five-year-old  cow  whose  calves  have  sold  in 
Southeast  sales  at  $805  and  $1000.  Golden  Mis- 
tletoe, the  dam  of  Queen  Mistletoe,  has  also  been 
purchased  for  this  herd.  She  is  by  Prince  Mistle- 
toe, a  son  of  Mistletoe  2d,  own  sister  to  Sweet 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  571 

Mistletoe,  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  sensation- 
al two-year-old  show  bull  and  1919  International 
grand  champion.  This  cow  sold  at  the  1918 
Southeast  sale  for  $1245. 

The  Bayer  Cows. — Worthy  of  special  mention 
is  Sempstress  2d  bred  by  S.  C.  Hanna.  Her  sire, 
Prince  Royal,  wTas  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  imp. 
Princess  Royal  62d.  Her  dam,  Sempstress  of 
Oakland  8th,  was  one  of  the  highest  priced  cows 
in  the  Cox  dispersion  sale  and  her  sire,  Thistle- 
wood,  and  grandsire,  imp.  King  of  Aberdeen, 
were  two  of  America's  noted  bulls.  The  white, 
Butterfly  Belle,  is  a  Dryden  bred  daughter  of 
Archer's  Hope  and  her  dam  is  out  of  imp.  But- 
terfly 51st.  Sycamore  Secret  5th  is  by  Master  of 
the  Dales  by  Avondale  and  her  dam,  Ingle's  Se- 
cret by  Ingle  Lad,  was  out  of  Sycamore  Secret  by 
imp.  Collynie.  There  are  no  cows  better  de- 
scended than  these. 

Kansas  State  Agricultural  College,  Manhat- 
tan.— The  Shorthorn  herd  at  the  College  now 
consists  of  forty-eight  head  of  splendid,  well  bred 
cattle.  Many  of  the  best  families  are  repre- 
sented, including  the  Duchess  of  Gloster,  Butter- 
fly, Orange  Blossom,  Mina,' Lavender,  Queen  of 
Beauty,  Gwendoline,  Jealousy,  Bessie  and  Clara. 

Matchless  Dale,  the  senior  herd  bull,  is  known 
by  the  winnings  of  steers  sired  by  him.  None  of 
his  heifers  have  been  shown  at  the  big  shows,  but 
his  daughters  are  wonderful  cows,  broad,  deep, 


572  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

thick  and  smooth  with  a  lot  of  quality  and  sweet 
feminine  character.  Only  recently,  May  26, 1920, 
one  of  his  daughters,  College  Duchess  2d,  sold  for 
$3900  in  the  Kansas  Shorthorn  Breeders  Associ- 
ation Sale.  She  sold  right  out  of  the  pasture  in 
ordinary  flesh.  Matchless  Dale,  now  thirteen 
years  old,  is  as  active  and  vigorous  as  a  two-year- 
old  and  he  still  maintains  that  wonderfully  kind 
and  gentle  disposition. 

When  it  was  necessary  to  have  a  bull  to  cross 
upon  the  daughters  of  Matchless  Dale,  having 
noted  the  splendid  success  attained  by  our  fore- 
most breeders  by  line  breeding,  the  College 
sought  and  found  a  bull  rich  in  the  blood  of 
Avondale.  He  is  sired  by  Revolution  by  Avon- 
dale  and  is  out  of  the  good  show  cow,  Maxwalton 
Mina  8th.  She  and  her  dam  were  both  sired  by 
Avondale.  This  makes  the  blood  of  the  new  bull 
Marauder,  five-eights  Avondale.  His  first  crop 
of  calves  now  coming  (1920)  are  an  exceptionally 
promising  lot. 

Until  recently  only  a  few  bulls  have  been  sold 
by  the  College  but  this  order  of  things  has  been 
changed, and  excellent  youngsters  are  now  going 
out  to  do  service  in  Kansas  herds. 

Otto  Bros.,  Riley. — Otto  Bros,  have  a  herd  of 
fifteen  good  females  descended  from  a  small 
purchase  made  seven  years  ago.  They  are  grow- 
ing the  young  stock  well  and  with  plenty  of  pas- 
ture and  alfalfa  will  be  enabled  to  produce  size 


A  1 1ISTOBY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  573 

as  well  as  quality.  While  the  herd  bulls  of  the 
past  have  carried  the  blood  of  some  worthy  an- 
cestry, it  is  only  within  the  last  year  that  a  real 
effort  has  been  made  to  obtain  the  kind  of  a  bull 
that  should  attract  attention.  Those  who  saw 
and  read  the  last  April  edition  of  The  Shorthorn 
in  America  may  recall  having  seen  a  picture  of  a 
roan  bull  calf  by  Matchless  Dale  alongside  his 
dam,  Pride's  Bessie,  a  first-class  beef  cow  with  a 
milk  record  of  more  than  8000  pounds.  This 
young  bull,  Best  of  Dales,  is  Otto  Bros.'  herd 
bull.  He  represents  not  only  what  is  best  for  the 
producer  of  beef  as  shown  in  the  fact  that  Match- 
less Dale  has  sired  more  prize  winning  beef  steers 
than  has  any  other  bull  of  any  breed  living  or 
dead  and  that  his  dam  would  be  a  strong  con- 
testant in  a  beef  class  show,  but  he  represents  the 
very  thing  needed  by  the  small  farmer  whose 
cows  must  raise  good  beef  cattle  yet  give  milk  for 
the  family  and  frequently  also  for  market. 
Pride's  Bessie,  dam  of  Best  of  Dales,  is  illus- 
trated on  page  11  of  this  book.  In  lending  their 
aid  to  the  solution  of  the  farm  cow  problem  Otto 
Bros,  will  not  go  unrewarded. 

Bluemont  Farm,  Manhattan. — This  lot  of  for- 
ty females  is  one  of  the  well  selected  Kansas 
herds,  including  daughters  of  Avondale  and  Vil- 
lager and  of  other  good  bulls  as  well  as  of  some 
imported  cows.  The  object  is  to  develop,  along 
with  the  prestige  of  best  ancestry,  a  herd  of  cows 


574  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

weighing  near  1500  pounds  and  giving  7000  to 
9000  pounds  of  milk  a  year.  The  bull  used  is 
Jealous  Dale  by  Matchless  Dale,  dam  by  Avon- 
dale,  second  dam  by  Whitehall  Sultan.  The 
owners  of  this  herd  are  two  of  the  best  known 
cattlemen  in  the  United  States  with  whom  the 
Bluemont  Farm  project  is  a  minor  line  of  busi- 
ness. 

W.  J.  Weisner,  Manhattan. — Mr.  Weisner  is 
located  a  short  distance  from  the  city  on  a  farm 
well  adapted  to  growing  Shorthorns.  He  expects 
to  build  up  a  good  herd  and  he  has  a  nice  foun- 
dation coming  from  Andrew  Pringie  and  repre- 
sentative of  the  excellent  breeding  bulls  Mr. 
Pringie  has  always  used.  This  gives  him  the 
blood  of  such  famous  sires  as  Col.  Harris7  Gold- 
en Knight,  imp.  Thistletop  and  the  great  cow, 
imp.  Golden  Thistle  by  Roan  Gauntlet,  imp. 
Baron  Victor  and  others  of  the  leading  western 
sires.  His  herd  bull  has  one  of  the  best  possible 
recommendations  in  that  he  combines  the  blood 
of  four  outstanding  herds,  the  two  Betteridge 
herds,  Tebo  Lawn  and  that  of  B.  O.  Cowan. 

SEDGWICK  COUNTY 
A.  W.  Jacob,  Valley  Center. — Treating  the 
present  herd  as  a  foundation,  Mr.  Jacob  has 
abundant  material  with  which  to  achieve  any 
degree  of  success  he  may  wish  to  attain.  There 
are  some  excellent  cows  in  his  herd,  closely 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  575 

descended  from  bulls  that  have  produced  the  best 
class  of  Shorthorns  in  south  central  Kansas.  Red 
Royal  by  Royal  Knight,  son  of  the  great 
cow  imp.  Princess  Alice ;  Star  Goods  and  Victor 
Orange,  both  of  inter-state  reputation  in  the 
Stunkel  herd;  Captain  Archer,  own  brother  to 
Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  1919  International 
grand  champion ;  imp.  Prince  of  Perth,  through 
a  son  out  of  Goldfinch,  own  sister  to  the  Interna- 
tional grand  champion,  Lavender  Viscount; 
Lord  Mayor,  famous  sire  for  Col.  Harris  and  T. 
P.  Babst  and  a  host  of  good  ones  of  lesser  repu- 
tation are  much  in  evidence  in  the  top  crosses.  A 
valuable  addition  to  the  cow  herd,  Broadhook's 
Gem,  in  calf  to  Dale's  Renown,  was  secured  at 
the  Robison  sale  in  1919. 

Mr.  Jacob  has  been  in  the  business  long  enough 
to  know  that  the  big  end  of  all  breeding  opera- 
tions lies  in  the  bull  at  the  head  of  the  herd.  He 
recently  bought  Bonny  Emblem,  a  very  promis- 
ing white  yearling.  He  is  a  son  of  imp.  Proud 
Emblem  Jr.  whose  sire  Proud  Emblem  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  bulls  in  Scotland  as  well  as  the 
sire  of  numerous  American  bulls  of  national  re- 
putation. 

O.  B.  Hall,  Oatville.— Two  years  ago  Mr.  Hall 
bought  a  few  Shorthorns  and  he  is  planning  to 
carry  on  breeding  along  writh  his  extensive  wheat 
raising.  Several  of  the  cows  came  from  E.  L. 
Stunkel  and  represent  the  select  Stunkel 


576  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

line  of  breeding  so  favorably  known  in  south 
central  Kansas.  A  very  good  cow  of  excellent 
blood  lines  was  added  at  the  Wichita  spring  sale 
in  1919.  A  promising  young  bull  out  of  a  daugh- 
ter of  Maxwalton  Rosedale  is  one  of  the  splendid 
prospects.  Mr.  Hall  has  ample  facilities  for 
handling  Shorthorns  successfully  and  should  he 
decide  to  make  a  real  business  of  it  he  would  suc- 
ceed in  getting  together  an  outstanding  herd. 

B.  J.  Spexarth,  Colwich. — Mr.  Spexarth  has 
five  good  females  descended  from  the  cow  Violet 
9th  bought  at  the  Stunkel  dispersion.  This  cow 
is  by  Star  Goods,  own  brother  to  the  champion, 
Diamond  Goods/  and  her  dam  is  of  the  approved 
Stunkel  breeding.  The  herd  bull  came  from  A. 
W.  Jacob  and  was  by  a  son  of  Captain  Archer, 
own  brother  to  Sweet  Mistletoe,  dam  of  the  1919 
International  grand  champion  bull.  Mr.  Spex- 
arth has  plenty  of  pasture  and  alfalfa.  He  has 
the  assistance  of  his  sons  who  intend  to  breed 
Shorthorns  for  themselves  later. 

SHAWNEE  COUNTY 

Tomson  Bros.,  Dover  and  Wakarusa.*— I  like 
the  story  of  the  rise  of  Tomson  Bros,  because  it 
is  so  natural  that  its  very  simplicity  appeals  to 
me.  When  the  first  Shorthorn  was  bought  at  a 
farm  sale  in  1886,  there  was  probably  nothing 
to  indicate  that  the  three  boys  of  the  family 

*        Station  for  Dover  farm  is  Willard  on  the  Rock  Island. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  577 

would  ever  be  known  outside  their  own  vicinity. 
He  would  have  been  considered  foolish  indeed, 
who  should  have  pointed  out  the  oldest  as  future 
president  of  the  American  Shorthorn  Breeders 
Association;  the  second,  editor  of  the  official 
organ  of  that  association :  and  the  third,  then  an 
overgrown  boy,  as  one  of  the  best  judges  of  beef 
cattle  in  the  world  and  one  of  the  best  beloved 
members  of  the  entire  Shorthorn  fraternity.  Yet 
such  advancement  has  resulted  from  the  first 
purchase  of  a  good  Shorthorn  and  Subsequent 
purchases  made  by  a  wise  father  and  urged  by 
the  enthusiastic  sons,  who  were  good  cattlemen 
and  who  learned  that  there  was  something  better 
in  store  for  them  than  could  be  gained  by  com- 
peting in  a  crowded  industry,  trying  to 
make  over  an  article  that  had  been  made  or 
marred  by  someone  else. 

There  was  plenty  of  room  at  the  top.  It  was 
possibly  not  until  the  days  when  Gallant 
Knight's  calves  began  to  show  the  quality  of  his 
wonderful  ancestry  that  the  Tomsons  saw  vis- 
ions and  dreamed  dreams  of  a  great  future  for 
them  and  their  favorite  breed  of  cattle.  What 
they  saw  has  come  to  pass.  When  the  leading 
Shorthorn  breeders  of  America  are  listed,  the 
name  "Tomson  Bros."  is  always  near  the  top  of 
the  roll. 

It  was  accomplished  by  enthusiasm,  the  qual- 
ity called  stick-to-it-iveness,  and  conservative 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  579 

methods.  Tomsons  have  never  been  plungers. 
Every  purchase  has  been  carefully  considered. 
Every  dollar  has  been  paid  out  only  when  it  was 
clear  that  the  investment  was  a  wise  one.  So 
year  after  year  they  have  climbed  a  little  higher. 
There  is  a  valuable  lesson  in  the  history  of  this 
firm.  The  path  to  the  same  success  Tomson 
Bros,  have  achieved  is  still  open  and  opportun- 
ities are  as  good  now  as  they  were  for  them.  It 
is  true,  Shorthorns  can  no  longer  be  bought  for 
what  they  paid  for  their  start ;  neither  does  the 
beginner  have  to  sell  his  produce  for  from  $25  to 
$5Q  each  as  T.  K.  Tomson  &  Sons  did  in  their 
early  experience. 

It  was  stated  in  Part  I  that  the  real  history  of 
the  Tomson  herd  began  with  Gallant  Knight.  It 
is  doubtful  if  many  bulls  of  the  past  two  or  three 
decades  proved  as  good  sires  of  females  as  Gal- 
lant Knight,  though  he  did  not  have  the  benefit 
of  great  matrons  as  many  sires  of  the  present 
day  have.  Scarcely  a  year  of  the  twelve  in 
which  his  get  were  shown  in  the  fair  circuits  but 
that  one  or  more  of  his  daughters  claimed  a 
championship.  His  use  in  the  herd  brought  about 
a  uniformity  in  type  that  gained  wide  popularity 
for  the  Tomson  productions.  The  Gallant 
Knight  females  proved  of  great  value  as  pro- 
ducers and  the  Gallant  Knight  blood  is  still  a  fac- 
tor in  the  Tomson  herd. 

Archer,  a  dark  roan  of  generous  scale,  a  son 


580  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

of  imp.  Collynie  and  imp.  Circe  3d,  was  pur- 
chased and  for  several  years  used  extensively  in 
the  herd.  He  possessed  great  robustness,  easy 
feeding  quality,  strong,  well  covered  back,  much 
thickness  and  was  set  on  the  best  of  legs.  He  had 
a  rather  plain  horn  and  a  tendency  to  droop  a 
little  at  the  tail,  but  he  proved  a  valuable  cross 
on  the  Gallant  Knight  daughters.  Archer  was 
the  sire  of  Christmas  Lassie,  champion  female 
at  western  state  fairs  and  at  the  American  Royal 
and  was  sold  before  his  value  was  fully  realized. 

With  the  expansion  of  the  business,  preference 
was  shown  for  the  more  fashionable  breeding 
and  gradually  there  have  been  drawn  into  this 
herd  representatives  of  the  families  held  in 
highest  favor  by  the  breeders  on  both  sides  of 
the  Atlantic,  until  at  the  present  time  the  com- 
bined herd  of  Tomson  Bros,  which  numbers  nor- 
mally 200  head,  represents  these  tribes  exclu- 
sively. 

Probably  no  sire  up  to  that  time  proved  a  more 
valuable  acquisition  than  Barmpton  Knight.  He 
was  an  intensely  bred  Cruickshank  bull  by  Scar- 
let Knight,  a  widely  known  son  of  Craven 
Knight.  Barmpton  Knight  was  bred  by  E.  S. 
Myers,  now  living  near  Chanute.  Attention  was 
attracted  to  him  while  in  the  hands  of  his  former 
owner,  E.  D.  Ludwig,  Sabetha,  Kansas,  where 
his  calves  showed  remarkable  uniformity  though 
from  dams  of  all  types.  He  was  secured  and  for 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  581 

five  years  did  exceptional  service,  siring  many 
high-class  show  animals  and  ranking  with  Gal- 
lant Knight  as  a  sire  of  outstanding  females.  A 
number  of  his  daughters  are  rated  among  the 
most  valuable  individuals  and  producers  in  the 
Tomson  herd  today.  Barmpton  Knight  was  a 
rich  red  of  wonderful  feeding  propensity.  His 
coat  and  flesh  covering  were  like  that  of  imp. 
Thistletop. 

One  of  the  best  known  of  Barmpton  Knight's 
get  was  New  Year's  Delight,  the  heifer  that  as 
a  junior  yearling  won  the  grand  championship 
all  along  the  western  show  circuit  and  at  the 
American  Royal  and  was  made  junior  champion 
at  the  International.  This  wonderful  heifer  was 
sold  to  Thomas  Johnson  and  in  his  herd  pro- 
duced a  calf  good  enough  to  win  high  honors  in 
the  steer  class  a  few  years  later.  New  Year's  De- 
light was  out  of  Forest  Daisy  2d,  one  of  three 
sisters  by  Norfolk,  that  had  been  bought  of  B. 
O.  Cowan  by  T.  P.  Babst  and  had  been  trans- 
ferred to  Tomson  &  Sons  along  with  the  Babst 
herd  of  100  head,  in  1907.  Another  daughter  of 
Forest  Daisy  2d  bred  to  Barmpton  Knight  pro- 
duced Daisy  Queen,  champion  winner  on  the 
western  state  fair  circuit  in  1911.  This  heifer  was 
sold  into  Idaho  where  she  became  the  dam  of  the 
Portland  champion  steers  for  four  years.  It  was 
a  granddaughter  of  Forest  Daisy  2d,  Daisy  May 
by  Lord  Mayor,  that  bred  to  Barmpton  Knight 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  583 

produced  May  Daisy  3d,  the  dam  of  May  Daisy 
6th.  May  Daisy  6th  was  a  prize  winner  at  the 
American  Royal  in  1919  and  one  of  the  tops  in 
the  Royal  sale.  Forest  Daisy  2d  and  her  immedi- 
ate family  crossed  with  Barmpton  Knight  pro- 
duced many  excellent  animals.  It  was  from 
Tomson  bred  Barmpton  Knight  cows  that  the 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  bred  a  num- 
ber of  its  prize  winning  steers. 

Several  of  Barmpton  Knight's  get  were  used 
in  the  herd,  one  of  which  was  Crusader,  an  out- 
standing roan.  In  1913  Maxwalton  Rosedale 
came  to  the  farm  with  the  Pringle  herd.  This 
bull  had  the  prestige  of  his  sire,  Avondale,  and  of 
his  dam,  imp.  Rosewood  Pride,  one  of  the  best 
of  all  the  Carpenter  &  Ross  cows.  She  was  the 
dam  of  Whitehall  Rosedale  by  Avondale  and  of 
Pride  of  Albion  by  imp.  Shenstone  Albino,  both 
American  Royal  grand  champions.  Maxwalton 
Rosedale  gave  satisfactory  service  for  several 
years. 

To  succeed  Barmpton  Knight  the  champion 
futurity  calf,  Village  Marshal  by  the  great  sire, 
Cumberland  Marshall,  was  secured  and  is  now 
one  of  the  chief  stock  bulls  and  rated  one  of  the 
outstanding  sires  of  the  breed  at  the  present 
time.  He  combines  in  his  top  crosses  the  blood 
of  Whitehall  Sultan,  Cumberland's  Last,  Vil- 
lager, Bapton  Diamond  and  Silver  Plate.  He  is 
white,  of  unusual  compactness  and  has  the 


584  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

remarkable  quarters  that  characterized  Gallant 
Knight.  He  carries  a  heavy,  smooth  flesh  cover- 
ing, level  top,  and  possesses  rare  breed  character. 
His  calves  have  never  failed  to  attract  favorable 
attention.  While  very  little  showing  is  done  now 
by  Tomson  Bros,  the  get  of  Village  Marshal  have 
made  an  impressive  showing  whenever  exhibited. 
His  calves  as  a  rule  are  beautiful  roans  and  pos- 
sess a  uniformity  and  conformation  that  meets 
the  favor  of  the  most  critical  judges.  One  of  his 
sons  out  of  a  dam  by  Barmpton  Knight  is  being- 
retained  for  service,  Marshal's  Crown,  a  bull  of 
very  remarkable  depth  of  middle,  thickness  and 
fullness  of  quarters.  His  head  approaches  the 
ideal.  He  is  one  of  the  great  young  bulls  of  his 
time.  He  descends  from  imp.  Marigold  bred  by 
the  late  W.  S.  Marr  of  Scotland.  Another  great 
bull  which  at  this  writing  is  in  service  is  Beaver 
Creek  Sultan,  also  a  white  by  Sultan,  a  son  of 
Whitehall  Sultan.  The  dam  of  Beaver  Creek 
Sultan  was  imp.  Victoria  Mary,  one  of  the  great- 
est cows  brought  to  America  in  recent  years. 
Beaver  Creek  Sultan  is  a  wonderful  flesh  car- 
rier, a  natural  feeder,  possessing  ample  scale  and 
bone.  He  is  a  very  prepotent  sire. 

The  herd  as  composed  represents  the  blood  of 
practically  all  of  the  leading  sires  of  the  present 
day.  The  various  tribes,  as  the  Shorthorn  folks 
are  in  the  habit  of  designating  the  maternal  an- 
cestry, represent  the  Augusta,  Marigold,  Roan 


586  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Lad,  Jilt,  Lavender,  Victoria,  Duchess  of  Glos- 
ter,  Orange  Blossom,  Mayflower,  Clara,  Violet, 
Spicy,  Gwendoline,  Simplicity,  and  others  of 
similar  merit  and  popularity.  But  it  is  always 
the  individuality  that  has  claimed  first  consider- 
ation of  Tomson  Bros. 

The  farm  acres  have  grown  from  a  modest  be- 
ginning to  approximately  1300  acres  and  the 
plans  contemplate  a  continuance  along  the  estab- 
lished lines  through  the  junior  members,  a  later 
generation,  who  are  still  on  the  youthful  side  of 
twenty  years. 

The  present  members  of  the  firm  are  John  R. 
Tomson,  Dover,  for  many  years  a  director  of  the 
American  Shorthorn  Breeders  Association, 
serving  two  terms  as  president  of  the  associa- 
tion ;  James  G.  Tomson,  Carbondale,  both  being 
generally  known  as  skilled  judges  and  called  to 
officiate  in  such  capacity  in  many  parts  of  this 
country  and  Canada  and  Frank  D.  Tomson, 
Lincoln,  Nebraska,  editor  "The  Shorthorn  in 
America"  the  official  organ  of  the  American 
Shorthorn  Breeders  Association.  He  was  for- 
merly a  member  of  The  Breeder's  Gazette  staff 
for  a  number  of  years. 

H.  T.  Forbes,  Topeka. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Forbes 
are  both  much  interested  in  their  Shorthorns. 
They  have  an  elegant  farm  four  miles  west  of 
Topeka  and  they  have  an  elegant  herd  of  cattle 
on  the  farm.  The  herd  represents  eighteen  years 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  587 

of  selection  and  care  and  a  good  foundation  to 
start  with.  The  cows  are  large,  at  least  there  are 
none  that  incline  toward  being  small.  They 
are  kept  in  thrifty  condition  and  the  young  stock 
is  kept  growing  air  the  time.  Sales  have  been 
good,  too  good  in  fact,  for  the  herd  in  numbers 
is  below  what  it  should  be  and  what  it  is  intended 
it  shall  be  in  the  future. 

Of  the  twenty-five  females  on  the  farm  I  did 
not  see  one  that  needed  to  be  culled  out.  Sweet 
Orange  3d  was  bred  on  the  farm.  She  is  a  roan 
by  Model  Gloster  and  is  out  of  a  granddaughter 
of  imp.  Master  of  the  Rolls,  sire  of  much  excel- 
lent stock,  including  Master  of  the  Grove,  Inter- 
national grand  champion.  Golden  Dale,  another 
roan,  is  by  Maxwalton  Rosedale,  own  brother  to 
Whitehall  Rosedale,  American  Royal  grand 
champion  and  out  of  imp.  Rosewood  Pride,  dam 
of  Pride  of  Albion,  another  American  Royal 
grand  champion.  The  dam  of  Golden  Dale  came 
from  the  Davidsons  in  Canada.  Cassandria 
Beauty  came  from  H.  H.  Kupper  and  is  by  imp. 
Scottish  Sentinel,  a  bull  of  wide  reputation  in 
Nebraska.  Her  dam  was  by  imp.  Strowan  Star. 
Orange  Baron,  the  herd  bull  recently  acquired, 
has  a  three-year-old  daughter  on  the  farm  out  of 
a  dam  by  Gloster 's  Choice  by  Marengo's  Choice. 
I  do  not  know  that  it  was  because  of  this  heifer's 
excellence  that  Mr.  Forbes  wanted  her  sire  but  it 
is  a  safe  guess  that  were  she  not  good,  he  would 


588  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

not  have  bought  her  sire.  I  have  given  an  idea 
of  the  females  in  the  herd  both  as  individuals 
and  from  the  pedigree  viewpoint.  Before  leav- 
ing them  I  wish  to  add  that  this  herd  of  cows 
looked  and  acted  like  good  producers.  The  shy 
breeder  and  apparently  barren  animals  were  not 
in  evidence  and  the  calves  looked  like  they  had 
milk. 

Royal  Violet  was  one  of  the  early  bulls.  He 
was  by  Prime  Minister  that  was  by  imp.  Prince 
of  Perth  and  out  of  Goldfinch,  own  sister  to  the 
International  grand  champion  Lavender  Vis- 
count. The  dam  of  Royal  Violet  was  by  Golden 
Prince,  a  Dryden  bred  son  of  Prince  Gloster,  sire 
of  the  $10000  Prince  Imperial.  A  son  of  Royal 
Violet,  Orange  Master  out  of  Sweet  Orange,  was 
also  used  some.  Master  Barmpton  came  from 
Tomsons  and  was  by  Barmpton  Knight. 

I  always  feel  a  special  degree  of  enthusiasm 
when  I  write  of  Barmpton  Knight  for  from  this 
great  sire  came  a  whole  family  of  Shorthorns 
that  were  the  real  kind  to  make  the  cattle  grower 
rich.  Master  Barmp ton's  dam  was  by  Lord 
Mayor,  one  of  the  greatest  bulls  of  the  West,  that 
advertised  T.  P.  Babst  &  Sons  as  only  an  out- 
standing bull  can  do.  Model  Gloster  was  by 
Choice  Goods  Model,  son  of  the  champion,  Choice 
Goods,  and  Rosedale  Violet  9th,  the  famous  Tebo 
Lawn  matron  that  had  to  her  credit  more  high 
priced  calves  than  any  other  cow  of  her  day.  She 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


589 


was  the  dam  of  Leonard's  Rosedale's  Choice,  of 
Gentry's  Choice  of  All,  of  Hall's  Choice  Goods 
Model  and  of  Runaway  Girl,  dam  of  Bellows 
Bros. '  Best  of  Goods,  besides  six  excellent  lesser 


ORANGE    BARON 
Used  by  Tomson  Bros,  and  Sold  by  Them  to  Mr.  Forbes 

lights  of  the  Shorthorn  universe.  The  dam  of 
Model  Gloster  was  Glenf  oyle  Duchess  of  Gloster 
2d  by  Scotch  Fame  151799.  Royal  Monarch  was 


590  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Harriman  Bros.'  Proud  Monarch,  a  son  of 
New  Goods,  the  Choice  Goods  Collynie  bull  that 
headed  their  herd  at  the  time  of  its  dispersion. 

Recently  a  new  bull  was  bought.  He  is  Orange 
Baron,  cut  on  a  very  generous  scale,  yet  close 
to  the  ground,  with  a  deep,  thick  body.  He  has 
plenty  of  spread  but  covers  smoothly.  His  head 
and  neck  are  fine.  He  is  by  Orange  Model  by 
Victorious  and  his  dam  is  also  by  Victorious, 
famous  son  of  Lord  Mayor  out  of  a  daughter  of 
imp.  Baron  Victor. 

H.H.Holmes,Topeka.* — Mr.  Holmes  has  been 
well  known  in  Kansas  Shorthorn  circles  for  ten 
years.  He  lived  at  Great  Bend  until  1918  when 
he  bought  and  moved  to  the  much  advertised 
Aylsdale  Farm  five  miles  southwest  of  Topeka. 
He  keeps  his  herd  within  the  prescribed  line  of 
universal  approval  so  far  as  pedigree  is  con- 
cerned. When  he  suits  a  prospective  purchaser 
on  an  animal  he  wants  to  know  before  the  deal  is 
closed  that  the  pedigree  will  suit.  Most  of  the 
herd  descends  from  purchases  made  from  W.  A. 
Betteridge  and  other  selections  come  from  equal- 
ly cautious  and  discriminating  breeders. 

The  Holmes  herd  consists  largely  of  Cruick- 
shank  Orange  Blossoms  with  a  few  Queen  of 
Beautys  and  other  good  families.  Rose  Victor- 
ious is  by  Victorious,  known  the  country  over  as 
a  great  bull  and  some  consider  him  the  best  son 


Rural  Route  28. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  591 

of  Lord  Mayor.  He  went  from  Linwood  to  N.  H. 
Gentry  as  a  youngster  and  after  serving  there  for 
ten  or  twelve  years  lie  worked  for  Mr.  Betteridge 
until  he  died.  His  dam  was  by  imp.  Baron  Victor, 
the  outstanding  Cruickshank  bull  of  America. 
The  dam  of  Rose  Victorious  came  from  Russell's 
Canadian  herd  and  it  will  be  of  interest  to 
know  that  her  dam  was  by  Stanley,  the  noted  sire 
of  prize  winners  at  the  Columbian  Exposition. 

Emma  S.  is  a  roan  Kansas  bred  daughter  of 
Searchlight,  grand  champion  of  several  state 
fairs,  a  winner  at  the  American  Royal  and  sire  of 
the  cow  that  topped  Park  E.  Salter's  sensational 
female  sale  at  $3500.  The  dam  of  Emma  S.  is 
Lady  Emma  by  Ingle  Lad,  a  Kansas  bred  bull 
now  winning  fame  through  his  great  producing 
daughters.  Emma  S.  is  the  dam  of  the  grand 
champion,  Lady  Supreme,  and  this  prize  win- 
ning heifer  was  calved  on  Mr.  Holmes'  farm  and 
developed  by  him.  Her  dam  and  an  own  sister 
to  Lady  Supreme  are  now  in  his  breeding  herd. 

Honor  Maid  is  another  roan  by  Searchlight. 
Her  dam,  Maid  of  Honor,  came  from  George 
Bothwell's  great  prize  winning  herd  and  was  by 
Grand  Victor  out  of  imp.  Winifred  4th.  Hall- 
wood  Golden  Drop  5th  was  bought  at  the  Ed  Hall 
dispersion  sale  as  a  calf  and  she  looked  like  the 
best  calf  in  the  herd.  Her  sire,  Village  Plash, 
by  the  great  Villager  sold  in  the  sale  to  J.  R. 
Evans  &  Bros,  for  more  than  $2000  and  her  dam 


592  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

was  by  Choice  Goods  Model,  the  $1500  prize  win- 
ning son  of  the  champion  Choice  Goods  and 
Rosedale  Violet  9th,  the  leading  American  pro- 
ducing cow.  The  reader  will  bear  in  mind  that 
these  prices  wrere  obtained  in  the  cheap  times. 

Riverside  Queen,  a  six-year-old  red  by  Clipper 
Model,  is  out  of  Crestmead  Beauty  2d  by  Orange 
Model,  the  bull  used  much  and  successfully  by 
Mr.  Betteridge  and  sired  by  Victorious.  (See 
above. ) 

Only  brief  mention  can  be  given  the  bulls  of 
the  past.  New  Echo  360066,  after  being  used 
some,  was  sold  to  Miss  M.  V.  Stanley  who  later 
sold  him  to  Bennington  Bros.  (See  Bennington 
sketch.)  Clipper  Model,  before  mentioned,  and 
Clipper  Brawith  444189,  a  son  of  Clipper  Model 
were  representative  of  the  Betteridge  breeding. 
Prince  Valentine  4th,  a  bull  that  did  much  for 
the  herd  and  sired  only  first-class  stock,  was  by 
Prince  Pavonia,  Mr.  Nevius'  great  son  of  imp. 
Glendale  Pavonia.  He  was  a  show  bull  and  until 
three  years  old  was  kept  in  show  condition.  He 
also  did  good  service  for  Tomson  Bros.  It  is 
certain  that  Mr.  Holmes  let  him  go  before  he 
fully  realized  his  value. 

Cumberland  Champion  is  now  in  service.  He 
is  a  $2000  son  of  imp.  Newton  Champion  650- 
059  whose  first  crop  of  bull  calves  it  is  said 
averaged  $3500.  His  dam  is  by  Cumberland 
Marshall,  a  bull  that  in  Mr.  McDermott's  herd 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  593 

not  only  made  the  herd  but  also  its  owner  famous. 
The  other  bull  is  Count  Valentine  4th.  A  full 
brother  to  this  bull  was  a  prize  winner  at  the  big 
shows  and  a  high  seller  a  year  ago.  I  saw  this 
bull  in  July  1919.  The  man  who  wants  a  hard 
job  might  try  to  seriously  fault  him. 

Mr.  Holmes  is  popular  with  the  breeders  of  the 
state  and  is  a  model  to  others  in  the  attention  he 
gives  to  his  correspondence.  He  has  at  all  times 
the  invaluable  assistance  of  his  daughter,  Miss 
Helen,  and  to  her  he  gives  much  credit  for  what- 
ever success  he  has  achieved  with  Shorthorns. 

F.  C.  Kingsley,  Auburn. — Mr.  Kingsley  has 
been  raising  Shorthorns  for  nearly  thirty  years 
and  has  been  a  heavy  producer  from  few  pur- 
chases. He  first  bought  three  cows  from  T.  P. 
Babst,  two  of  them  by  imp.  Thistletop.  Some 
years  later  he  bought  two  of  Andrew  Pringle. 
These  five  cows  carried  the  lines  of  breeding  for 
which  the  Babst  and  the  Pringle  herds  were 
noted.  The  Pringle  heifers  especially  were 
nicely  descended  and  both  were  bred  to  Maxwal- 
ton  Rosedale  from  which  service  each  produced 
a  heifer  calf.  Bulls  of  good  breeding  have  been 
used  in  this  herd  and  many  of  the  cows  show  real 
Shorthorn  character. 

Among  the  first  bulls  in  service  was  Red  Laird 
from  the  Babst  herd  sired  by  Laird  of  Linwood, 
a  bull  bred  almost  the  same  as  Gallant  Knight. 
Golden  Dawn  came  from  Pringles  and  he  was 


594  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Golden  Prince  by  Prince  Gloster,  sire  of  the 
$10000  Prince  Imperial.  The  dam  of  Golden 
Dawn  was  by  The  Baron,  a  bull  used  by  T.  J. 
Wallace.  He  was  by  Baron  Sussex,  dam  by 
imp.  Burgomaster.  Tom  Thornton  came  from 
Gen.  McAfee  and  was  by  Earl  of  Gloster,  an  ex- 
ceedingly well  finished  son  of  imp.  Double  Glos- 
ter. Maxwalton  Rosedale.  was  the  sire  of  the 
next  bull  and  he  bore  the  name  of  Dodd  Gaston, 
probably  out  of  local  pride. 

It  would  hardly  be  interesting  to  mention  all 
the  bulls  used  during  the  thirty  years.  Those 
listed  will  represent  the  rest  but  one  other  must 
not  be  overlooked.  Twentieth  Earl  of  Valley 
Grove  by  Lord  Mayor,  a  bull  with  a  reputation 
in  Wilson  county  later,  was  bought  of  T.  P. 
Babst  as  a  calf.  He  was  used  in  the  herd  for 
four  years,  then  sold  to  Senator  Benedict  where 
he  sired  much  excellent  stock,  especially  breed- 
ing cows.  The  bull  in  use  at  present  is  Big  Ben 
707309.  His  sire,  Kansas  Collynie,  is  by  Mistle- 
toe Archer,  whose  dam,  Sweet  Mistletoe,  is  also 
the  dam  of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  International 
grand  champion  in  1919.  Big  Ben  also  carries 
the  blood  of  Ingle  Lad,  sire  of  the  dam  of  Lady 
Supreme,  American  Royal  grand  champion  in 
1919. 

H.  H.  Churchill,  Topeka.— Mr.  Churchill  is  a 
man  who  never  does  a  thing  by  halves.  His  herd 
is  not  yet  large  but  he  is  building  in  a  judicious 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  595 

manner  and,  being  a  good  feeder,  lie  will  be  suc- 
cessful. The  herd  includes  a  few  elegant  young 
cows  by  Marquis  Cumberland,  son  of  Cumber- 
land's Best,  sire  of  the  sensational  Cumberland's 
Type.  (See  Willis  Colman  sketch.)  An  attrac- 
tive and  finely  bred  young  cow  is  Juanita,  bred 
by  E.  S.  Myers.  Her  sire  combines  the  blood 
of  three  well  known  bulls,  imp.  Collynie,  imp. 
Lord  Cowslip  and  Duncan's  Headlight.  Her 
dam  is  by  Choice  Prince  by  Prince  of  Tebo 
Lawn  and  her  second  dam  is  by  the  McDermott 
bred  Morning  Star.  I  saw  Juanita  with  a  prom- 
ising heifer  calf  at  foot  and  consider  her  a 
valuable  young  cow.  At  the  Salter  sale  in  1919 
Mr.  Churchill  bought  Lavender  Lassie  by  Gold- 
en Gloster,  a  young  cow  of  choicest  breeding.  It 
is  the  intention  to  make  further  additions  of 
good  females. 

At  Kelly  Bros.'  sale  in  June  1919  Emblem's 
Dale,  probably  the  best  bull  in  the  sale,  went  to 
Mr.  Churchill.  He  is  a  roan,  good  sized,  close 
to  the  ground,  with  deep,  thick  body,  well  cov- 
ered, and  good  head  and  neck.  Emblem's  Dale  is 
not  deserving  any  serious  criticism  and  he 
should  make  a  satisfactory  sire.  He  is  by  imp. 
Proud  Emblem  Jr.  and  his  dam  is  by  a  son  of 
Avondale,  second  dam  by  a  son  of  Choice  Goods. 

Mr.  Churchill  is  one  of  the  men  who  will  go 
out  of  the  way  to  help  push  any  interest  with 
which  he  is  identified. 


596  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

SMITH  COUNTY 

Springbrook   Stock   Farm,   Lebanon. — T.   M. 

Willson  is  owner  and  K.  M.  Davison  is  manager 
of  Springbrook  Stock  Farm,  a  leading  Polled 
Shorthorn  establishment  of  the  state.  It  is  the 
intention  to  breed  only  Polled  cattle  on  this 
farm.  Thirty  females  of  breeding  age  are  now 
in  the  herd  among  which  are  some  outstanding 
ones.  The  young  stock  is  well  fed,  the  object 
being  to  get  as  much  size  as  possible  without  in- 
jurious forcing.  Alfalfa  and  ensilage  with  grain 
for  the  young  stock  and  the  excellent  native 
grass  pastures  of  that  section  make  the  produc- 
tion of  good  cattle  easy.  Consignments  have 
been  made  to  breeders  sales,  including  that  at 
Omaha  in  1919,  and  arrangements  are  now  being 
made  to  put  out  a  show  herd. 

The  foundation  cows  have  been  secured  from 
the  leading  Polled  herds  of  the  country  and  were 
of  the  best  lines  of  breeding  to  be  obtained.  De- 
sirable bulls,  both  in  type  and  in  breeding,  have 
been  consistently  used  with  the  result  that  always 
follows  such  course  of  action.  The  two  bulls  now 
used  are  Baronet  516167  and  Cumberland  Sultan 
795793.  Baronet  came  from  the  Walker  herd  in 
Nebraska,  He  is  strong  in  the  blood  of  Roan 
Hero,  one  of  the  noted  bulls  of  the  breed.  Cum- 
berland Sultan  is  a  two-year-old  from  Achen- 
bach  Bros.  On  a  choice  Cruickshank  foundation 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  597 

coming  from  Tebo  Lawn  he  descends  through  an 
elegant  line  of  bulls.  His  sire  and  grandsire, 
Imperial  Sultan  and  Intense  Sultan,  both  bred 
by  J.  H.  Miller,  were  among  the  best  bulls  of  the 
breed. 

SUMNER  COUNTY 

E.  L.  Stunkel,  Peck.— Ever  since  E.  L.  Stun- 
kel  was  a  small  boy  his  life  has  been  associated 
with  Shorthorns.  Those  who  have  read  the 
sketch  of  his  father  and  especially  those  who 
knew  Henry  Stunkel  will  understand  that  a  boy 
raised  with  an  old  cattleman  such  as  he  was 
would  take  up  the  business  and  follow  it  success- 
fully. Ed  Stunkel  is  breeding  Shorthorns  be- 
cause he  would  feel  lost  without  them.  At  the 
time  the  big  Stunkel  herd  was  dispersed  he 
owned  a  number  of  cows  and,  taking  advan- 
tage of  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  animals  in 
the  sale  and  the  rather  low  prices  which  pre- 
vailed, he  bought  some  of  the  most  desirable  fe- 
males sold.  These  were  all  daughters  or  grand- 
daughters of  Victor  Orange,  a  bull  that,  had  he 
been  given  a  chance,  would  have  proved  one  of 
the  best  sires  in  the  entire  Southwest. 

A  number  of  the  cows  were  by  Star  Goods  out 
of  Victor  Orange  dams.  Star  Goods  was  own 
brother  to  Bellows  Bros. '  show  and  breeding  bull, 
Diamond  Goods.  The  Stunkel  herd  as  now  con- 
stituted descends  mainly  from  cows  purchased 


598  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

by  Henry  Stunkel  from  Jos.  Duncan  of  Missouri 
and  is  largely  the  result  of  the  use  of  four  good 
bulls.  Some  of  the  cows  are  bred  within  the 
so-called  Scotch  lines  while  others  are  not,  but 
all  are  from  excellent  ancestry  and  of  the  choicest 
breeding. 

The  four  bulls  referred  to,  named  in  the  order 
used,  are  Knight  of  Meadow  Farm  3d,  Victor 
Orange,  Star  Goods  and  Cumberland  Diamond. 
Knight  of  Meadow  Farm  3d  was  a  Forbes- W.  A. 
Harris  product,  his  sire,  Baron  Golddust  3d, 
having  been  by  Baron  Grloster  and  his  dam  by 
Lord  of  Linwood,  a  son  of  imp.  Baron  Victor 
out  of  imp.  Lady  of  the  Meadow,  a  cow  later 
destined  to  become  famous  as  the  dam  of  Lord 
Mayor.  The  cows  by  Knight  of  Meadow  Farm 
3d  developed  into  exceptional  breeders.  Victor 
Orange  was  a  bull  that  left  the  rather  unusual 
record  of  having  sired  extra  good  breeding  bulls 
and  extra  good  producing  cows.  These  cows 
were  not  generally  of  show  yard  type  but  every 
one  I  have  seen  was  a  big,  rugged,  straight  lined, 
good  bodied  cow  with  feminine  head  and  neck. 
They  all  produce  strong,  lusty  calves  and  it  be- 
came a  recommendation  for  size  and  quality  for 
any  calf  to  have  a  Victor  Orange  dam.  Victor 
Orange  came  by  his  ability  to  sire  such  cattle, 
honestly.  His  sire  was  by  Victorious  and  his 
dam  by  Scarlet  Knight,  two  of  the  best  bulls  of 
their  day  and  both  sires  of  outstanding  merit. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  599 

Star  Goods  was  a  Bellows  Bros,  production. 
His  sire  was  Good  Choice  by  Choice  Goods  out  of 
Silene  2d  by  a  son  of  imp.  Burgomaster.  His 
dam  was  by  Victorallan,  a  sire  of  many  of  the 
breeding  cows  in  the  Bellows  herd.  He  was  a 
bull  of  more  finish  than  Victor  Orange  and  his 
daughters  were  perhaps  more  pleasing  in  ap- 
pearance than  were  the  Victor  Orange  cows,  but 
the  general  opinion  of  old  breeders  seems  to 
favor  the  Victor  Orange  cows.  The  Star  Goods 
cows  out  of  Victor  Orange  dams  have,  however, 
proved  good  producers  and  would  be  valuable 
breeding  cows  in  any  herd. 

Cumberland  Diamond,  the  last  of  the  quartette 
of  bulls  that  have  made  this  herd,  is  a  massive 
white.  Bred  to  the  herd  of  nearly  all  red  cows 
he  has  almost  invariably  sired  nicely  colored 
roan  calves.  His  heifers  are  especially  pleasing. 
They  are  very  feminine  in  appearance,  are  of 
good  size,  straight  lined,  and  look  like  real  breed- 
ing prospects  and  a  man  starting  out  with  a  lot 
of  Cumberland  Diamond  heifers  backed  by 
Star  Goods,  Victor  Orange  and  Knight  of  Mead- 
ow Farm  3d  on  the  dam's  side  would  have  some- 
thing of  which  to  be  proud.  Cumberland  Dia- 
mond is  by  Cumberland  Chief,  a  son  of  Cumber- 
land's Last  out  of  Hampton's  Lovely  by  Hamp- 
ton's Best.  His  dam  is  also  by  Cumberland  Chief. 
His  second  dam  is  by  Banker's  Victor,  one  of  the 
best  breeding  bulls  ever  used  in  C.  C.  Norton's 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  601 

herd  and  the  next  dam  is  the  Crombie  bred  imp. 
Diamond  31st.  Such  a  wealth  of  ancestry  should 
make  any  bull  a  good  sire  and  Cumberland  Dia- 
mond is  only  transmitting  what  he  has  received 
from  his  sire  and  dam. 

To  use  on  the  Cumberland  Diamond  heifers 
Mr.  Stunkel  has  secured  Villager's  Champion,  a 
short-legged,  thick  roan  that  stood  third  in  class 
at  the  American  Royal,  fifth  at  the  International 
in  1919  and  Second  at  Wichita  in  1921.  He  is 
probably  the  best  bull  used  in  the  herd  since  Vic- 
tor Orange  ai:d  combines  some  of  the  most  desir- 
able ancestry  known  to  Shorthorn  history.  His 
sire  is  Village  Perfection,  a  son  of  imp.  Villager. 
His  dam  is  by  Lord  Champion,  the  famous  son  of 
imp.  Lady  Douglas  used  with  much  success  by 
Purdy  Bros. 

Meuser  &  Co.,  Anson.* — Sixteen  years  ago 
Win.  and  Chas.  Meuser  bought  a  Shorthorn  cow 
and  two  years  later  they  bought  four  heifers. 
They  had  extreme  bull  luck  for  several  years  and 
increase  was  slow  but  during  this  time  the  sale 
of  bulls  paid  weir  for  keeping  the  herd.  As  the 
later  purchases  of  females  were  balanced  by  fe- 
males sold  we  may  fairly  say  that  the  present 
herd  of  nearly  100  cows  and  heifers  comes  from 
the  small  outlay  made  fourteen  years  ago.  Pedi- 
gree was  considered,  but  not  until  after  the  ani- 
mal had  been  selected  on  account  of  its  real  merit 


Telephone,  Comvay  or  Riverdale. 


602  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  ( 

and  qualification  for  handling  the  ordinary  farm 
feed  and  turning  it  into  salable  commodity  at  the 
maximum  of  profit. 

This  system  has  been  applied  to  animals  for 
retention  in  the  herd  and  the  Meuser  Shorthorns 
hold  their  place  on  the  farm  only  while  they 
pay.  No  nurse  cows  are  needed  here  because 
forcing  is  not  practiced  but  more  especially  be- 
cause a  poor  milking  cow  is  worth  more  for  beef 
than  for  a  breeder.  Mature  cows  are  of  good 
size,  1200  to  1400  pounds  being  demanded  of 
them  in  breeding  condition.  As  a  result  of  avoid- 
ing either  extreme  in  feeding  Mr.  Wm.  Meuser 
states  they  have  had  no  complaints  from  any  of 
their  numerous  bull  customers  in  all  these  years. 
There  is  an  object  lesson  here  for  farmers  who 
care  to  use  ordinary  business  sense  in  substitui>- 
ing  pure  breds  for  grades  or  scrubs. 

The  bulls,  as  in  all  other  herds,  have  furnished 
the  clue  to  the  success  of  the  owners.  Pride  of 
Orange  and  Lovel  Goods  both  came  from  Henry 
Stunkel.  The  first  was  by  Star  Goods  and  sus- 
tained the  reputation  of  his  sire.  The  second 
was  by  Star  Goods  out  of  a  dam  by  the  excellent 
son  of  St.  Valentine,  Lord  Lovel.  Two  rather 
extra  good  bulls  are  being  used.  Sycamore 
Chunk  is  a  big  son  of  Mistletoe  Archer,  one  of 
the  sons  of  Sweet  Mistletoe,  the  dam  of  the  1919 
grand  champion.  His  dam  is  Snow  Secret  2d,  a 
cow  that  is  also  the  dam  of  Miss  Stanley's  Secret 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  603 

Robin.  This  bull  is  full  of  the  blood  of  the  best 
of  the  breed  and  it  is  no  surprise  to  find  he  is  a 
successful  sire.  Hamlet  comes  from  Tomson 
Bros.  He  is  a  well  finished  son  of  Maxwalton 
Rosedale  out  of  a  dam  by  Gallant  Knight's  Heir, 
second  dam  by  Barmpton  Knight,  breeding  to 
satisfy  any  one. 

The  only  attempt  made  at  showing  was  at  the 
1918  and  1919  Kansas  National  at  Wichita  when 
the  Meuser  entries  demonstrated  their  worth  by 
winning  thirteen  ribbons,  the  bull  Hamlet,  then  a 
senior  yearling,  winning  third  place  in  open 
class  and  the  Kansas-Oklahoma  Special.  The 
real  success  which  the  Meusers  have  attained  is 
within  reach  of  any  progressive  farmer. 

H.  O.  Peck  &  Son,  Wellington. — Ten  years  ago 
H.  O.  Peck  &  Son  bought  several  cows  at  the  J. 
F.  Stodder  dispersion  and  a  few  more  of  local 
breeders.  The  selections  were  wisely  made  and 
from  these  cows  they  have  built  up  a  useful  herd. 
The  cows  range  from  medium  to  large  and 
are,  generally  speaking,  of  good  quality,  of  nice 
straight  lines,  with  fine  heads  and  necks.  They 
are  the  type  of  cows  that  prove  good  breeders  and 
sucklers  and  can  be  depended  upon  to  show  a 
profit.  The  cows  bought  were  of  desirable  an- 
cestry and  blood  lines.  In  some  cases  they  were 
exceptional  and  the  use  of  the  right  kind  of  bulls 
has  made  the  herd  what  it  is. 

It  was  at  Mr.  Peck's  that  I  saw  one  of  the 


604  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

hopeful  signs,  not  only  for  the  future  of  the 
breed,  but  also  as  indicating  what  the  breeder  of 
the  future  must  do  if  he  expects  to  maintain  his 
prestige  against  competition.  It  was  a  lot  of 
pure  bred  steers  from  eight  to  eleven  months  old 
and  only  one  appeared  unfit  for  a  fairly  good 
bull.  Two  whites  were  especially  attractive  and 
one  of  them  was  almost  an  ideal  of  the  true 
money  making  Shorthorn  type.  This  indicates 
that  the  Pecks  have  a  high  standard  for  the  bulls 
they  sell  and  sets  an  example  for  breeders  in  gen- 
eral. This  lot  of  steers,  as  well  as  some  elegant 
heifers,  were  by  the  present  herd  bull,  Master 
Marshal. 

There  is  little  need  of  going  into  detail  as  to 
the  breeding  of  the  cows  since  the  bulls  used  in 
the  top  crosses  indicate  it.  These  came  from 
such  herds  as  those  of  Henry  Stunkel,  C.  B. 
Dustin,  Williams  Bros.,  T.  P.  Babst,  J.  F.  Stod- 
der,  S.  C.  Hanna,  J.  G.  Bobbins  &  Son,  N.  H. 
Gentry  and  H.  C.  Lookabaugh,  all  herds  of  na- 
tional reputation  and  unexcelled  as  sources  of 
supply  for  bulls.  Two  worthy  bulls  used  by  the 
Pecks  were  Banff  Boy  and  Butterfly  King. 
Banff  Boy  was  by  Cherry  Grove  Banff  49th,  a 
son  of  imp.  Lord  Banff  out  of  a  Choice  Goods 
cow.  Butterfly  King  came  from  J.  F.  Stodder. 
His  sire  was  Silvermine  and  his  dam  was  by 
Captain  Archer,  two  crosses  not  easily  surpassed. 

The  bull  in  use,  Master  Marshal,  second  prize 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  605 

winner  1919  Kansas  National,  is  a  white  of  most 
pleasing  form.  I  feel  sure  I  could  say  nothing 
more  of  this  bull  than  is  richly  deserved,  for  he 
is  a  typical  Shorthorn  of  the  highest  class.  From 
head  to  tail,  and  from  his  back  to  the  ground,  he 
is  not  open  to  any  serious  criticism.  He  has 
plenty  of  size  and  what  is  best  of  all,  his  calves, 
although  a  little  young  to  be  used  as  a  positive 
basis  of  judgment,  are  altogether  promising. 

The  disposition  of  this  firm  is  to  produce  an 
outstanding  herd  and  they  have  the  enthusiasm, 
as  well  as  the  facilities,  to  carry  out  their  inten- 
tions. 

Just  as  we  go  to  press  we  learn  that  H.  O.  Peck 
&  Son  have  bought  a  Bellows  bred  son  of  the 
International  grand  champion  Village  Supreme 
to  follow  Master  Marshal. 

Thos.  Murphy  &  Sons,  Corbin. — This  is  one  of 
the  well  known  Shorthorn  breeding  firms  of  the 
county.  The  foundation  stock  came  from  such 
herds  as  those  of  Henry  Stunkel  and  Marshall 
Bros,  and  the  bulls  were  from  equally  reputable 
sources.  One  of  the  Marshall  bred  cows  was  by 
Scottish  Prince,  a  son  of  imp.  Lord  Cowslip  out 
of  Mr.  Hanna's  Red  Queen  by  imp.  Scotchman. 
The  Stunkel  bred  cows  were  either  by  Victor 
Orange  or  they  were  well  filled  with  the  good 
Stunkel  breeding. 

One  of  the  early  herd  bulls  came  from  T.  J. 
Wornall  &  Sons.  He  was  by  Silver  Consul  by  a 


606  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

son  of  imp.  Consuelo  2d,  out  of  a  daughter  of 
imp.  Magenta.  The  bull  used  longest  and  the 
one  that  had  the  most  beneficial  effect  on  the 
herd  was  Orange  Goods  370667.  He  was  a 
handsome,  finely  finished  red  bred  by  E.  L. 
Stunkel.  He  was  by  Star  Goods,  the  popular 
Stunkel  sire,  a  son  of  Good  Choice  and  own 
brother  to  the  champion,  Diamond  Goods.  His 
dam  was  a  daughter  of  Victor  Orange,  regarded 
all  over  southern  Kansas  as  one  of  the  best  breed- 
ing bulls  of  his  day.  That  Orange  Goods,  com- 
bining as  he  did  the  blood  of  the  noted  sires,  be- 
came an  outstanding  breeding  bull  is  not  sur- 
prising. The  Murphy  herd  is  largely  of  the 
same  blood  lines  as  the  Stunkel  herd. 

A.  M.  Reece,  Oxford. — This  herd  of  twenty  fe- 
males was  established  in  1912  by  the  purchase  of 
two  heifers  in  calf  to  Silvermine,  the  well  known 
bull -used  by  J.  F.  Stodder  and  later  by  Marshall 
Bros.  The  cows  are  of  good  type  and  good 
size.  Among  the  excellent  females  of  the  herd 
is  Quintella  by  Silvermine,  dam  by  Captain 
Archer.  This  should  insure  size  and  quality  as 
well  as  good  production.  Silver  and  Silverine, 
both  reds,  are  by  Royal  Archer  2d,  a  son  of  Aber- 
deen, practically  a  full  brother  to  Ingle  Lad. 
Royal  Archer's  dam  was  Syringia,  one  of  the 
best  cows  of  her  day  in  Kansas.  Silverside  is  a 
six-year-old  roan  daughter  of  Silvermine  out  of 
Silverine,  mentioned  above. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  607 

The  two  bulls  prominent  in  this  herd  are  Sil- 
vermine  and  Captain  Archer  bred  directly  from 
the  best  importation  of  Duthie  and  Marr  bred 
Shorthorns.  Other  bulls  used  were  Marshall's 
Best  by  a  Hanria  bred  son  of  imp.  Lord  Cowslip ; 
Silver  Heel  by  Silvermine  and  Diamond  Major, 
present  herd  bull,  by  Cumberland  Diamond. 
The  dam  of  Diamond  Major  represents  the 
Stuiikel  Star  Goods  and  Victor  Orange  crosses. 
The  lines  of  sires  and  dams  below  this  come  from 
the  most  noted  breeders  of  their  day  and  the  bull 
is  worthy  of  his  ancestry. 

Mr.  Reece  has  shown  locally  with  fine  suc- 
cess and  is  a  contributor  to  the  Sumner  county 
breeders  sales. 

L.  E.  Wooderson,  Caldwell. — Mr.  Wooderson 
is  among  the  best  known  breeders  in  this  terri- 
tory. His  herd  which  consists  of  twenty  smooth 
females  has  not  been  so  well  developed  in  size  as 
the  best  interests  of  the  establishment  may  have 
demanded  but  facilities  for  handling  the  stock 
have  been  improved  and  the  younger  animals 
have  been  well  grown  out.  The  cows  are  nearly 
all  bred  along  very  popular  lines  and  only  choice- 
ly bred  bulls  have  been  used  so  that  the  Wooder- 
son cattle  usually  find  no  objectors  on  account  of 
pedigree. 

Golden  Gloster  was  bred  by  F.  M.  Hackler.  He 
was  a  son  of  imp.  Daydreams  Pride,  the  sire  of 
numerous  herd  bulls  used  in  eastern  Kansas 


608  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

and  western  Missouri.  Golden  Gloster 's  dam 
was  by  Lord  Thistle,  an  excellent  Mastin  bred 
son  of  Baron  Ury  and  Rose  of  the  Thistle  2d. 
Supreme  Goods  was  by  Star  Goods  (see  Stunkel 
sketch)  out  of  Supreme,  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Glendon,  that  was  bought  by  Henry  Stunkel 
from  Jos.  Duncan.  Gloster  Cumberland  is  a 
roan  son  of  Cumberland's  Best,  son  of  the  great 
show  bull  and  sire,  Cumberland's  Last  and  sire 
of  the  sensational  prize  winner  Cumberland's 
Type.  The  dam  of  Gloster  Cumberland  was  77th 
Duchess  of  Gloster  by  See  A  Cumberland,  an- 
other son  of  Cumberland's  Last,  giving  him  a 
concentration  of  the  blood  that  has  made  Mr. 
Saunders'  herd  one  of  the  most  famous  in 
America. 

Otto  B.  Wenrich,  Oxford.— The  first  pur- 
chases for  this  herd  were  made  three  years  ago. 
Princess  Phyllis  came  from  C.  S.  Nevius  and  is 
by  that  splendid  sire,  Prince  Pavonia,  out  of  a 
dam  by  Gallant  Knight  followed  by  Norfolk  and 
imp.  Scottish  Lord,  a  succession  of  four  great 
bulls.  Silverside  is  a  daughter  of  Silvermine,  a 
noted  bull  in  the  herds  of  J.  F.  Stodder  and  Mar- 
shall Bros.  Her  dam  is  by  a  son  of  the  outstand- 
ing cow,  Syringia  by  Royal  Knight.  Valley  Daisy 
8th  comes  from  E.  L.  Stunkel  through  the  fine 
Star  Goods- Victor  Orange  line.  A  son  of 
Matchless  Dale,  sire  of  International  prize  win- 
ners at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  609 

has  been  used.  Victoria's  Emblem,  an  outstand- 
ing son  of  imp.  British  Emblem,  is  now  in  ser- 
vice. 

George  D.  Vaughn,  Wellington. — This  herd  of 
fifteen  females  has  some  animals  that  attract  at- 
tention. Silver  Heiress  is  a  six-year-old  white 
by  Rosewood  Dale,  the  $3000  son  of  Avondale 
that  made  his  reputation  in  the  herds  of  Park  E. 
Salter  and  John  B.  Potter.  A  number  of  other 
cows  of  nice  breeding  are  also  found  here.  The 
bull  used  until  recently  was  Dale's  Signet  by 
Dale  Clarion,  a  bull  whose  get  are  now  winning 
high  honors  at  the  biggest  shows.  The  dam  of 
Dale's  Signet  was  from  H.  G.  Carson's  herd  and 
was  by  Malaka  Banff.  The  present  herd  bull  is 
a  white  by  Symphony's  Last,  a  son  of  Sym- 
phony's Best,  the  sire  of  the  excellent  cows  in 
the  C.  A.  Scholz  herd. 

THOMAS  COUNTY 

A.  H.  Arneal,  Colby. — This  herd  of  twenty- 
five  females  is  composed  of  choice  selections 
from  the  L.  M.  Noff singer  herd.  The  beginning 
was  made  in  1917  and  four  of  the  best  things  on 
the  farm  are  by  Fancy  Lord,  a  splendid  sire  from 
Tomson  Bros.  Mr.  Arneal  also  has  a  number  of 
heifers  by  Pleasant  Dale  Sultan,  an  American 
Royal  prize  winner  that  combines  the  blood  of 
imp.  Shenstone  Albino,  Avondale  and  Whitehall 
Sultan  and  breeds  true  to  ancestry.  The  good 


610  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

young  bull,  Secret  Dale,  is  the  sire  in  use.  Mr. 
Arneal  is  in  the  part  of  Kansas  where  Short- 
horns are  not  numerous  and  he  will  be  able  to 
present  an  object  lesson  to  the  people  of  his 
community. 

WABAUNSEE  COUNTY 
S.  D.  Mitchell,  Allen.*— This  is  largely  a  story 
of  Col.  Carvel,  a  bull  whose  monument  of  great- 
ness as  seen  in  S.  D.  Mitchell's  cows  is  so  im- 
pressive that  the  visitor,  if  he  be  a  student  of 
Shorthorn  history  and  an  admirer  of  really  good 
cattle,  will  take  off  his  hat  to  Mr.  Mitchell,  the 
first  man  I  have  found  in  Kansas,  who  with  ex- 
ceptional judgment,  displayed  the  backbone  of 
Amos  Cruickshank. 

Going  back  to  the  story  of  Thomas,  Jameison 
&  Mitchell,  the  reader  will  note  that  Mr.  Mitchell 
owned  a  herd  individually  at  the  time  of  the  dis- 
persion. In  the  former  herd  were  two  good  sized, 
thick  fleshed,  smooth,  straight  lined,  red  cows. 
They  were  by  the  great  show  and  breeding  bull, 
Barrister.  Bred  to  White  Goods,  they  produced 
a  pair  of  roan  bull  calves.  Mr.  Mitchell  did  not 
say  when  he  became  convinced  of  the  fact  that 
these  were  remarkable  calves,  but  when  Andrew 
Pringle,  that  excellent  breeder,  came  buying 
bulls  he  priced  him  his  choice  at  $200  with  the 
statement  that  he  would  keep  the  other  for  his 


Present  address,  Lexington,  Kentucky,  Eural  Route  2. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  '    611 

own  use.  He  did  keep  him  and  under  the  name 
of  Col.  Carvel  he  was  taken  from  the  pasture  and 
without  fitting  he  won  third  place  in  a  strong 
class  at  the  American  Royal.  I  had  the  pleasure 
of  seeing  this  bull  as  a  long  two-year-old  and 
thought  him  one  of  the  best  individuals  I  had 
ever  seen. 

The  Mitchell  herd  consists  of  twelve  cows  of 
outstanding  excellence.  Six  of  these  are  by 
Col.  Carvel,  four  are  out  of  his  daughters,  and 
one  is  by  White  Goods,  his  sire.  It  is  doubtful 
if  in  any  other  herd  in  this  state  can  be  found  the 
same  number  of  cows  by  one  bull  or  out  of  his 
daughters  that  are  equal  in  size,  elegant  appear- 
ance, smoothness,  fleshing  quality,  milking  ca- 
pacity and  as  breeders,  to  this  lot  of  cows. 

As  I  saw  these  cows  in  the  pasture  in  1919,  all 
except  one  suckling  calves  by  Jealous  Renown 
498758,  I  could  not  help  thinking  what  a  pity  it 
was  that  so  many  breeders  allow  their  commer- 
cial instincts  to  seriously  interfere  with  their 
success  as  real  breeders.  Mr.  Mitchell  did  not  do 
this  and  he  has  the  results  of  his  devotion  to  high 
Shorthorn  standards  shown  in  these  cows.  Becky 
Barrister  8th,  the  only  daughter  of  White  Goods 
left  in  the  herd,  is  thirteen  years  old  and  is  suck- 
ling an  elegant  heifer  calf.  If  this  calf  fulfills 
its  promise,  some  one  will  have  to  take  notice 
later.  Baron  Hampton,  a  Dustin  bred  Merry 
Hampton-Baron  Cruickshank  combination,  is 


612   '  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

the  sire  of  several  of  the  cows  out  of  Barrister, 
White  Goods  and  Col.  Carvel  cows.  When  we 
think  of  imp.  Merry  Hampton  and  imp.  Baron 
Cruickshank  as  two  of  the  best  bulls  ever  im- 
ported from  Scotland,  of  White  Goods  as  one  of 
the  greatest  sons  of  Choice  Goods  and  of  Col. 
Carvel  as  a  Shorthorn  wonder,  we  can  get  an  idea 
of  the  ancestry.  Back  of  all  this  is  Barrister, 
winner  of  247  first  prizes  at  leading  shows,  and 
imp.  Craven  Knight  his  sire,  frequently  referred 
to  as  the  most  beautiful  and  perfect  bull  of  his 
day.  As  to  the  herd  bull,  Jealous  Renown  is 
three  years  old.  His  sire  is  Maxwalton  Renown, 
one  of  the  truly  good  sons  of  Avondale.  Jealous 
Eenown  is  out  of  a  dam  by  Avondale,  second  dam 
by  Whitehall  Sultan,  third  dam  by  Count  Arthur 
and  fourth  dam  by  Star  of  Morning.  If  there  is 
anything  in  being  closely  descended  in  every  re- 
move from  the  world's  greatest  Shorthorns,  Jeal- 
ous Renown  will  be  a  great  sire.  If  judgment 
may  be  passed  on  the  appearance  of  eleven  calves 
from  ten  days  to  four  months  old,  he  is  a  great 
sire. 

Whatever  others  may  think  of  Mr.  Mitchell's 
course,  it  seems  to  me  he  has  achieved  a  triumph 
in  constructive  breeding  not  attained  by  any 
one  else  of  whom  I  have  knowledge  for, 
breaking  away  from  all  accepted  regulations,  he 
mated  cows  of  most  admirable  breeding  with  a 
bull  of  pre-eminent  merit,  and  has  reaped 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  613 

results  fully  up  to  any  possible  anticipations. 

The  article  above  was  written  in  June  1919. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Mitchell  has  closed  out  his 
Kansas  holdings  and  he  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  are 
living  in  the  choicest  section  of  Old  Kentucky, 
their  ancestral  home.  These  elegant  Kansas  bred 
Shorthorns  are  on  a  fine  farm  near  Lexington 
where  they  will  do  their  share  toward  restoring 
Kentucky  to  the  pinnacle  of  Shorthorn  glory  it 
occupied  prior  to  1880. 

George  J.  Appleton  &  Son,  Maple  Hill. — This 
herd  dates  from  1895  and  numbers  thirty-five 
females.  The  original  purchase  was  from  L.  A. 
Knapp,  followed  by  selections  from  the  herds  of 
Andrew  Pringle,  Tomson  Bros,  and  Babst  Bros. 
One  of  the  Priiigle  cows  was  by  Sir  Knight  by 
Col.  Harris'  Golden  Knight  and  out  of  imp. 
Sorrel  by  Roan  Gauntlet.  Another  Pringle  bred 
cow  is  Kalona  by  Prime  Minister,  a  son  of 
Imp.  Prince  of  Perth  out  of  an  own  sister 
to  the  champion,  Lavender  Viscount.  Roan 
Butterfly  is  a  good  cow  by  Modern  Scotch- 
man, a  son  of  imp.  Magenta.  Her  dam  is 
by  a  son  of  Golden  Victor  Jr.  and  out  of  a  Lord 
Mayor  dam.  Lavender  Choice  was  recently 
bought  of  Tomson  Bros.  Her  sire  is  Ingle  Lad, 
a  son  of  imp.  Collynie,  that  is  regarded  highly, 
especially  in  southeast  Kansas.  Her  dam  is 
Lavender  of  Calstock  Farm  by  the  champion, 
Choice  Goods,  followed  down  the  line  by  the 


614  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

choicest  Cruickshank  breeding.  A  six-year-old 
red,  Woodbine  Lovely,  is  another  purchase  from 
Tomsons.  Her  sire  is  Lavender  Prince  6th  384- 
932  and  her  dam  is  by  Pleasant  Hill  Master,  a 
son  of  the  International  grand  champion,  Master 
of  the  Grove. 

A  number  of  good  bulls  have  been  used  in  the 
herd.  The  first  was  a  son  of  Knight  Templar 
141953  out  of  a  dam  by  Major  Richmond  112835, 
The  T.  P.  Babst  herd  furnished  one  strong  in  the 
blood  of  Lord  Mayor.  Athenian  Coronet  4th  by 
imp.  Bapton  Coronet  was  probably  one  of  the 
best  of  the  early  bulls.  He  had  been  used  for  a 
time  by  Andrew  Pringle  and  was  followed  in  the 
Appleton  herd  by  a  son  of  Prime  Minister  (see 
above)  out  of  a  daughter  of  Golden  Prince  whose 
sire,  Prince  Gloster,  was  also  the  sire  of  the 
$10000  Prince  Imperial.  Lavender  Chief,  now 
in  use,  comes  from  Tomsons  and  combines  the 
blood  of  Barmpton  Knight,  Gallant  Knight  and 
imp.  Baron  Victor.  This  bull  is  an  outstanding 
breeder.  Victor  Crown  by  Beaver  Creek  Sultan, 
dam  by  Orange  Magnet,  second  dam  by  Head- 
light, is  a  new  bull  from  Tomsons,  considered  by 
Mr.  Appleton  a  splendid  prospect. 

Babst  Bros.,  Auburn. — The  name  Babst  brings 
up  visions  of  a  Shorthorn  herd  that  had  a  wide 
reputation  some  years  ago.  It  was  on  the  Babst 
farm  that  Lord  Mayor  ended  his  life  after  thir- 
teen years  of  great  service.  When  the  Babst 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  615 

herd  was  sold  to  Tomsons  it  was  the  intention 
and  for  a  short  time  the  practice  to  keep  a  Short- 
horn herd  as  producers  of  market  cattle  but 
the  Babsts  had  been  in  the  pure  bred  game  too 
long  to  be  permanently  satisfied  with  this 
method,  and  so,  quite  naturally,  they  began  sell- 
ing breeding  stock. 

The  present  herd  consists  partly  of  cows  bred 
by  A.  A.  Clark.  Good  cows  from  other  herds 
were  also  secured  and  the  Babst  herd  now  num- 
bers about  100  females.  Among  additions  out- 
side the  Clark  cows  was  Lawnsdale  Duchess  43d, 
bred  by  Alex  Eraser  and  sired  by  Falsetto.  Her 
dam  was  by  Prince  Royal  2d.  Red  Olga's  Victor 
by  Golden  Victor  Jr.  out  of  Red  Olga  by  Scottish 
Emperor  was  from  one  of  H.  M.  Hill's  best  fam- 
ilies of  cows.  An  especially  attractive,  young 
cow  is  the  Tomson  bred  Lady  Marshal  by  Vil- 
lage Marshal  out  of  a  dam  by  Lord  Mayor,  sec- 
ond dam  by  Vanquish,  a  well  known  Harris  bred 
son  of  Galahad.  There  is  also  in  the  herd  one  by 
Beaver  Creek  Sultan  out  of  the  same  dam  and 
these  two  heifers  are  giving  Babst  Bros,  the 
same  class  of  females  as  the  best  of  their  herd  at 
the  time  of  its  sale  to  Tomsons.  • 

The  bulls  in  use  have  been  good  ones.  Archer's 
Victor  was  by  Archer,  the  son  of  imp.  Collynie 
and  imp.  Circe  3d  and  out  of  Elderlawn  Victoria 
by  Gallant  Knight.  Ingleside  For  Me,  a  white, 
bought  to  change  the  herd  from  red  to  roan  not 


616  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

only  did  that  job  well,  but  he  proved  a  splendid 
sire.  He  was  by  Rosewood,  a  son  of  Collynie  and 
the  Duthie  bred  imp.  Roseleaf  by  Scottish 
Archer.  Prince  Marigold  was  bred  by  Tomson 
Bros,  and  sired  by  Prince  Valentine  4th.  His 
dam  is  by  Barmpton  Knight,  second  dam  by  imp. 
Crescent  Knight  out  of  imp.  Marigold  146th.  A 
recent  purchase  is  Victor  Beaver,  a  Tomson  bred 
son  of  Beaver  Creek  Sultan.  He  is  out  of  a  dam 
by  the  Duncan  bred  Orange  Magnet  and  is  a 
worthy  successor  to  the  bulls  that  have  preceded 
him. 

J.  A.  Pringle,  Eskridge.* — Mr.  Pringle  is  a 
son  of  Andrew  Pringle  and  has  been  with 
Shorthorns  all  his  life.  His  herd  of  twenty- five 
females  will  be  increased  and  improved.  Roan 
Lady  2d  is  by  Captain  Archer,  sire  of  prize  win- 
ners at  state  fairs,  the  American  Royal,  and  the 
International  and  an  own  brother  to  Sweet  Mis- 
tletoe, dam  of  the  1919  International  grand 
champion  bull.  Filbert  is  a  good  cow  out  of  the 
home  herd  by  Athenian  Coronet  4th,  son  of  imp. 
Bapton  Coronet  and  Augusta  lllth  by  Scotch 
Fame.  Her  dam  is  by  Prime  Minister,  a  bull  out 
of  an  own  sister  to  the  International  champion, 
Lavender  Viscount.  Loraine  6th  is  a  daughter 
of  Royal  Violet,  a  son  of  Prime  Minister  (see 
above)  out  of  a  daughter  of  Golden  Prince  by 
Prince  Gloster,  sire  of  the  $10000  Prince 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  617 

Imperial.  Her  dam  is  by  Sir  Knight,  grandson  of 
Mr.  Cruickshank's  great  Roan  Gauntlet.  This 
will  suffice  to  show  the  blood  lines  in  the  Prin- 
gle  herd. 

Maxwalton  Rosedale,  own  brother  to  the  grand 
champion,  Whitehall  Rosedale,  originally  bought 
by  Andrew  Pringle  and  sold  to  Tomson  Bros.,  die 
sire  of  much  high-class  stock,  was  used  for  a  time 
in  this  herd.  Golden  Laddie,  now  used,  is  a  roan 
by  Maxwalton  Rosedale  and  out  of  Golden  Bloom 
by  Prime  Minister,  a  big,  smooth  bull  and  a  cap- 
ital sire.  There  are  few  herds  better  filled  than 
this  one,  with  Amos  Cruickshank's  best  blood. 

E.  L.  Knapp,  Maple  Hill. — Fifty  years  ago 
Mr.  Knapp  was  born  in  the  house  in  which  he 
now  lives.  His  father,  L.  A.  Knapp,  a  well  known 
breeder,  had  just  come  from  Illinois  bringing 
some  Shorthorns  with  him.  The  present  herd 
descends  in  part  from  these  cattle  brought  to  the 
Kansas  farm  in  1870,  making  Mr.  Knapp 's  one 
of  the  oldest  herds  in  the  state.  The  herd  is  not 
large,  numbering  only  about  ten  cows,  which  are 
used  to  raise  good  calves  and  give  milk  for  the 
family  and  occasionally  some  for  market.  It 
goes  without  saying  that  cows  kept  for  this  pur- 
pose are  heavy  milkers.  The  bull  in  service 
comes  from  the  Appleton  herd. 

C.  R.  Wyker,  Belvue.* — Mr.  Wyker  is  begin- 
ning a  herd  with  three  good  cows  and  a  bull — a 


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618  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

sufficient  start  for  any  one.  Two  of  the  cows 
came  from  St.  Marys  College.  Through  Baron 
Marr  they  bring  in  the  blood  of  Cumberland's 
Last  and  imp.  Lady  Marr.  The  herd  bull,  a 
white,  is  by  Cumberland's  Knight  412231,  which 
puts  the  best  blood  of  the  breed  among  the  an- 
cestry into  this  foundation.  Mr.  Wyker  is  located 
in  a  splendid  cattle  country  and  he  has  plenty  of 
blue  grass  and  alfalfa.  He  is  planning  to  raise 
big  Shorthorns. 

R.  Scott  Buck,  Eskridge.*— Mr.  Buck  has 
been  in  the  Shorthorn  business  for  twenty  years 
and  has  a  herd  of  thirty  females  which  are  being 
developed  as  Polled  Shorthorns  with  special  at- 
tention to  milking  quality.  The  bulls  used  have, 
in  the  main,  come  from  the  outstanding  Polled 
herds.  The  present  herd  bull  is  Emancipator 
459969  bred  by  W.  G.  Martin  and  sired  by  Dual 
Evergreen  367499. 

WASHINGTON  COUNTY 
The    Miller    Stock    Farms,    Mahaska.— The 

Miller  Stock  Farms,  Clyde  W.  Miller,  operator, 
is  an  establishment  equipped  to  produce  cattle  of 
the  highest  quality  as  is  seen  in  its  three  silos,  its 
300  acres  of  alfalfa  and  the  prize  winning  blood 
employed  in  the  herd  foundation.  The  pure  bred 
Polled  Shorthorn  herd  is  well  started  and  will 
in  time  supersede  the  grade  herd. 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  619 

Among'  the  cows  are  daughters  of  Meadow 
Sultan,  a  sire  of  national  reputation,  whose  sons 
and  daughters  have  been  good  winners  at  the  big 
shows.  In  these  pastures  are  also  found  thick 
fleshed  daughters  of  True  Sultan,  grand  cham- 
pion of  the  breed,  and  in  one  instance,  reserve 
grand  champion  with  all  breeds  competing. 

Select  Goods  x8719-353693,  the  2200  pound 
senior  herd  bull,  is  an  International  champion 
and  his  get  have  been  prominent  winners  at  the 
state  fairs  and  at  the  International.  These  great 
bulls  of  strong  Scotch  blood  were  all  bred  by  J. 
H.  Miller.  The  junior  herd  bull,  Sultan's  Mar- 
vel, is  by  True  Sultan.  His  dam  is  by  Matchless 
Dale,  the  greatest  sire  of  prize  winning  steers  of 
any  bull  of  any  breed.  Sultan's  Marvel  has  two 
direct  crosses  to  Whitehall  Sultan,  one  of  them 
through  Avondale. 

The  objective  is  the  production  of  a  superior 
herd  of  breedy,  useful  cattle.  The  beefing  qual- 
ity is  emphasized,  but  scale  and  milk  producing 
ability  are  insisted  upon.  The  cattle  always 
carry  plenty  of  flesh,  though  no  heavy  grain 
ration  is  allowed  the  breeding  herd.  Here  is  to 
be  found  true  Shorthorn  character  in  all  respects 
except  the  horns. 

M.  Z.  Duston,  Washington. — Mr.  Duston  has  a 
nice  herd  of  cows  of  fair  size,  uniform  in  appear- 
ance and  of  real  Shorthorn  character  and  type. 
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620  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

they  are  good  milkers.  Such  men  as  C.  W.  Tay- 
lor, R.  T.  Scott,  G.  Y.  Johnson,  Achenbach  Bros., 
F.  M.  Gifford  and  E.  A.  Hess,  whose  herds  give 
a  substantial  foundation  upon  which  to  build, 
furnished  the  cows.  I  was  impressed  with  con- 
ditions as  I  found  them  here.  Mr.  Duston  is  not 
a  man  who  feels  he  knows  it  all.  He  is  intelli- 
gent and  is  a  close  student  of  whatever  he  under- 
takes and  he  has  succeeded  in  getting  together  a 
dozen  or  more  cows  of  just  the  right  kind  to  make 
money  for  the  farmer.  The  element  of  specula- 
tion was  wisely  left  out  of  consideration.  The 
production  of  real  Shorthorns  is  the  aim,  which 
I  feel  sure  will  be  carried  out.  The  foundation 
is  well  selected  and  the  farm  furnishes  plenty  of 
pasture,  alfalfa  and  good  water,  the  three  main 
requisites  for  success. 

E.  A.  Ostlund,  Clyde.— A  graduate  of  the  Kan- 
sas State  Agricultural  College  with  a  natural  in- 
clination toward  Shorthorns  should  make  the 
little  herd  on  this  farm  develop  well  and  grow  in 
numbers.  Mr.  Ostlund  has  the  true  breeder's  in- 
stinct in  his  desire  for  improvement  and  in  mak- 
ing  any  purchases,  betterment  of  the  herd  will  be 
the  objective.  He  has  some  good  females  and  the 
cows  must  not  only  raise  their  calves  but  must 
also  supply  milk  and  butter  for  the  family,  which 
they  are  doing.  The  herd  bull  is  Lord  Mystic 
617633,  an  Amcoats  bred  son  of  the  Tomson  bred 
Mystic  Victor  out  of  a  cow  by  Lord  Marr, 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  621 

Gif  ford's  good  son  of  Lord  Mayor.  Mr.  Ostlund 
is  acting  wisely  in  not  overlooking  milking 
quality  in  his  cows. 

WILSON  COUNTY 

M.  J.  Roney,  Benedict. — Some  years  ago  in 
one  of  the  Fredonia  sales  H.  M.  Hill  sold  an  ex- 
cellent lot  of  roan  heifers  and  he  also  included 
Ingle  Lad,  (see  H.  M.  Hill  sketch)  the  sire  of 
nearly  all  his  young  stock.  Mr.  Roney  was  the 
high  bidder  for  the  bull  and  through  this  pur- 
chase became  known  as  a  man  with  a  good  bull  at 
the  head  of  his  herd.  The  heifers  by  Ingle  Lad 
developed  into  first-class  cows,  all  good  milkers 
and  good  breeders  and  those  in  Mr.  Roney 's  herd 
are  no  exception  to  this  rule.  One  of  these  cows 
is  out  of  a  granddaughter  of  imp.  Craibstone 
Shepherdess,  the  dam  of  the  well  known  Craib- 
stone. Another  is  out  of  a  cow  by  Field  Marshall 
by  Marshall  Abbotsburn,  a  son  of  Mary  Abbots- 
burn  7th,  the  greatest  prize  winning  cow  in 
America  and  by  Young  Abbotsburn,  probably 
the  most  wonderful  of  all  American  show  bulls. 
In  common  with  practically  all  Wilson  county 
herds,  Mr.  Roney 's  cattle  have  a  strong  infusion 
of  the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie  and  the  Ingle  Lad 
cows,  as  well  as  the  rest  of  the  herd,  nicked  well 
with  the  next  bull,  Golden  Hampton,  a  son  of 
Hampton  Spray,  one  of  the  best  bulls  ever  owned 
in  southern  Kansas.  Golden  Hampton  was  out 


622  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

of  Golden  Queen  3d  by  imp.  Collynie,  second  dam 
imp.  Golden  Queen,  one  of  the  choice  cows  of  the 
Hanna  importation.  Mr.  Roney  will  follow 
Golden  Hampton  with  a  bull  of  such  quality  as 
to  work  improvement. 

R.  E.  Schwartz,  Fredonia. — Mr.  Schwartz  has 
a  good  herd  and  he  has  the  enthusiasm  for  the 
work  which  is  a  guarantee  of  success.  In  1915 
he  bought  one  cow  and  two  years  later  he  bought 
a  few  more.  A  good  bull  was  also  secured  and 
after  two  years  a  better  one  was  bought  to  suc- 
ceed the  first.  His  have  all  been  sensible  and  con- 
servative methods  of  procedure  and  with  nat- 
ural facilities  for  handling  his  stock  and  a  pleas- 
ing personality  in  the  man,  we  can  safely  fore- 
cast a  successful  future  for  the  herd. 

Sycamore  Rosebud  is  a  roan  by  Sunblaze, 
a  bull  used  for  some  time  by  H.  M.  Hill.  She  is 
a  granddaughter  of  two  of  the  best  cows  of  their 
day,  Syringia  by  Royal  Knight  and  Inglemaid 
by  imp.  Inglewood.  Scotch  Bessie  is  by  Orange 
Marshall,  the  Victor  Orange  bull  used  so  suc- 
cessfully by  Stunkels.  Sycamore  Emma  is  by 
Master  of  the  Dales,  a  bull  that  has  a  wide  repu- 
tation as  a  sire.  Her  dam  is  by  Ingle  Lad,  now 
recognized  as  one  of  the  best  getters  of  heifers 
ever  owned  in  Kansas.  At  the  Southeast  Kansas 
sale  in  1920  Proud  Archer,  junior  champion  of 
the  show,  was  secured  for  service  in  the  herd. 
This  bull  is  an  outstanding  one  by  Kansas 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  623 

Archer,  son  of  Mistletoe  Archer,  whose  dam 
Sweet  Mistletoe  was  also  the  dam  of  the  1919  In- 
ternational grand  champion.  Mr.  Schwartz  is 
secretary  of  the  county  Shorthorn  breeders  as- 
sociation and  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  calf 
club. 

R.  C.  Watson  &  Sons,  Altoona. — This  is  one  of 
the  promising  firms  of  breeders,  for  the  boys  are 
enthusiastic  and  seem  to  be  developing  agri- 
cultural inclinations  based  on  the  production  of 
pure  bred  stock.  The  herd  is  quite  good  and  will 
grow  to  be  better.  There  are  now  twenty-five 
females  on  the  farm.  Bertha  Daybreak  2d  is  by 
Pride  of  Riverdale,  a  son  of  Star  of  the  Realm. 
A  daughter  of  this  cow  by  Orange  Duke,  son  of 
the  well  known  Orange  Model,  is  also  in  the  herd. 
April  Princess  is  by  Royal  Prince  by  Mr. 
Hanna's  Prince  Royal  out  of  Princess  Airdrie, 
own  sister  to  Ingle  Lad.  Lassie  2d  is  another 
daughter  of  Royal  Prince  and  on  her  dam's  side 
carries  the  blood  of  Kinellar,  the  son  of  imp. 
Dalmena  Mina. 

A  bull  used  until  recently  was  Golden  Lad. 
His  sire  combined  the  blood  of  imp.  Collynie, 
Royal  Knight  and  imp.  Inglewood  and  his  dam 
was  by  imp.  Master  Walton  out  of  a  cow  by  the 
noted  bull  47th  Duke  of  Airdrie.  The  present 
bull  is  White  Goods  used  by  Mr.  Hyde  for  sev- 
eral years  with  good  results.  He  is  a  big,  strong, 
robust  fellow  from  large  ancestry.  His  sire, 


624  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

Prince  Violet,  was  by  a  son  of  Collynie  out  of  a 
daughter  of  Choice  Goods  and  his  dam  was  by 
Godwin,  the  well  known  son  of  imp.  Spartan 
Hero  and  imp.  Golden  Thistle.  I  have  seen  ex- 
ceptional calves  by  this  bull. 

J.  W.  Hyde,  Altoona.— Mr.  Hyde,  the  oldest 
breeder  in  Wilson  county,  was  born  and  raised 
on  a  Shorthorn  farm  (see  J.  C.  Hyde  sketch, 
Part  I)  and  his  sons  and  daughters  are  getting 
into  the  business.  He  has  been  a  patron  of  Mr. 
Hill  and  Mr.  Hanna  and  as  a  result  has  a  herd 
strong  in  Collynie  blood.  He  owns  the  excellent 
Prince  of  Collynie  cow,  Robinita  Winsome  and 
twenty  of  his  forty  females  are  her  descendants. 
Mr.  Hyde  has  consistently  used  good,  well  bred 
bulls  and  has  insisted  on  the  bulls  being  out  of 
heavy  milking  cows.  The  dual-purpose  Short- 
horn is  his  object  and  he  is  succeeding,  for  his 
herd  shows  a  lot  of  good  sized  cows  of  decided 
milking  tendencies.  He  is  now  using  a  bull  by 
Master  of  the  Dales. 

Later. — Mr.  Hyde  has  just  purchased  several 
imported  females,  including  the  prize  winning 
two-year-old  Bright  Gem  and  her  bull  calf  (see 
page  277)  of  J.  C.  Robison  and  the  old  establish- 
ment is  taking  on  new  life.  When  you  count  the 
men  who  have  produced  the  profitable  kind  of 
cattle  in  southeast  Kansas,  J.  W.  Hyde  must  be 
named  near  the  top. 

John  A.  Kepler,  Altoona. — Mr.  Kepler  has  a 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  625 

dozen  excellent  females  and  a  high-class  bull. 
The  first  purchase  made  at  the  Thorn  sale  was 
followed  by  judicious  selections  at  the  1919  Inde- 
pendence sale  and  at  Fremont  Leidy's  sale. 
Three  choice  females  were  secured  at  the  Cen- 
tral sale  and  three  at  the  1920  sale  in  Independ- 
ence. The  herd  is  far  above  the  average  in  qual- 
ity and  includes  cows  of  select  breeding  with 
pedigrees  that  any  one  would  consider  very  de- 
sirable. The  bull  is  a  large,  massive,  young  fel- 
low bred  by  Ogden  &  Son  and  sired  by  Diamond 
Baron,  a  bull  that  has  made  a  reputation  as  a 
sire.  His  dam  is  not  only  a  good  cow,  but  she  is 
also  a  heavy  milker,  a  thing  it  does  not  pay  to 
overlook.  Mr.  Kepler  has  made  the  right  start 
for  a  real  Shorthorn  herd. 

Mait  Wiltse,  Earlton.* — This  herd  including  a 
dozen  females  from  good  cows  and  by  good  bulls 
is  going  to  be  even  better.  The  original  pur- 
chases were  from  George  McFadden  and  J.  C. 
Thorn  and  three  more  were  added  at  Fremont 
Leidy's  sale.  Imported  Collynie  and  Lord  Mayor, 
two  of  the.  best  bulls  ever  in  Kansas,  are  the  sires 
with  whose  blood  the  cows  are  filled.  Mr.  Wiltse 
is  using  one  of  the  best  young  bulls  in  the  state. 
He  is  by  Diamond  Baron  at  the  head  of  Ogden  & 
Sons'  herd.  His  dam  is  from  Robert  Russell's 
herd  and  is  by  Lily  Cup  by  Scarlet  Secret,  dam 
by  Lord  Golden  Crest.  If  this  young  bull 


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626  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

developes  as  lie  should,  he  will  be  fit  to  go 
into  any  show  ring  and  as  a  breeding  prospect  he 
is  one  of  the  best  I  have  seen. 

J.  F.  Campbell,  Benedict. — Mr.  Campbell  is 
among  the  older  breeders  of  the  county  and  keeps 
only  a  small  herd.  He  has  produced  good  cattle 
and  now  has  a  few  heifers  that  would  be  a  credit 
to  the  owner  of  a  large  herd.  He  knows  the  value 
of  the  right  kind  of  a  bull  and  also  knows  how  to 
feed  and  develop  young  stock  to  grow  them  into 
first-rate  breeders. 

R.  R.  McDonald,  Altoona. — Mr.  McDonald  has 
a  splendid  farm  on  which  to  keep  Shorthorns  and 
he  has  some  good  ones  in  the  herd.  One  of  the  at- 
tractive young  things  is  a  heifer  by  Silver  Dale 
now  at  the  head  of  the  Barrett  &  Land  herd. 
Fortuna,  an  excellent  short-legged  red  by  the 
Hanna  bred  Fortune,  would  be  a  valuable  cow  in 
any  herd.  Mr.  McDonald  owns  a  dozen  females. 
The  sire  in  use  is  Funston  694476,  by  a  first-class 
breeding  son  of  Sycamore  Secret.  (See  H.  M. 
Hill  sketch,  Parti.) 

O'Dell  Bros.,  Fredonia. — This  firm,  is  making 
rapid  progress  in  building  up  the  right  kind  of 
a  herd.  In  common  with  all  Shorthorns  of  this 
section  the  cows  are  strong  in  the  blood  of  imp. 
Collynie  and  the  valuable  stock  distributed  by 
Mr.  Hanna  and  Mr.  Hill.  The  bull  in  use  repre- 
sents Royal  Prince  (see  Hyde  sketch)  and  his 
dam  is  by  Ingle  Lad,  a  bull  now  winning  much 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  627 

fame  as  a  sire  of  great  producing  cows.    O'Dell 
Bros,  should  be  heard  from  in  the  future. 

WOODSON  COUNTY 

Henry  F.  Lauber,  Yates  Center. — Mr.  Lauber 
has  been  a  breeder  of  good  Shorthorns  since  1909 
and  before  that  time  he  had  been  producing 
splendid  high  grade  cattle,  always  using  high- 
class  Shorthorn  bulls.  The  foundation  cows  for 
the  present  herd  were  bought  at  the  annual  sales 
of  the  Woodsoii  County  Breeders  Association 
and  at  the  J.  T.  Bayer  dispersion,  the  better  fe- 
males, only,  being  retained.  The  culling  out  pro- 
cess has  been  carried  on  and  the  results  are  seen 
in  a  herd  much  better  than  the  original  pur- 
chases. The  care  and  feed  given  the  herd  have 
not  been  the  best,  yet  have  been  sufficient  to  ma- 
ture a  very  creditable  lot  of  cows  that  are  breed- 
ing well  and  suckling  their  calves  in  nice  shape. 
Mr.  Lauber  has  decided,  however,  to  dispose  of 
the  grades  and  give  his  pure  bred  herd  the  care 
and  consequent  development  a  first-rate  Short- 
horn herd  should  have. 

The  cows  with  which  he  began  business  were 
nearly  all  by  good  bulls  and  the  two  high-class 
bulls  used  in  the  herd  have  added  to  the  quality 
of  the  cattle  until  the  young  animals  are  in  type, 
conformation  and  in  actual  blood  lines,  worthy 
specimens  of  the  breed  and  the  kind  that  give 
the  maximum  returns  for  the  feed  consumed. 


628  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

The  first  bull  purchased  was  the  red,  Ingle- 
ynie,  by  imp.  Collynie  out  of  a  Potts  Sempstress 
cow  by  imp.  Inglewood.  He  was  a  show  calf  of 
unusual  finish  that  matured  into  a  bull  of  good 
size  and  as  a  breeder  was  satisfactory.  Quite  a 
number  of  the  young  cows  in  the  herd  are  by  him. 
The  bull  now  in  use,  Secret  Hampton,  was  bred 
by  H.  M.  Hill.  He  is  a  large,  big-boned,  deep- 
bodied,  short-legged  fellow,  not  a  show  bull  but 
what  is  better,  a  bull  of  unusual  merit  as  a  sire, 
his  calves  being  big,  pleasing,  modern  Short- 
horns. His  sire,  Mistletoe  Archer,  out  of  Sweet 
Mistletoe,  dam  'of  Lespedeza  Collynie,  1919  In- 
ternational grand  champion,  is  considered  by 
Mr.  Hill  one  of  the  best  bulls  he  ever  owned. 
His  dam  by  Mr.  Hanna's  great  Hampton  Spray 
has  recently  been  sold  by  Mr.  Hill  for  $2000  to 
go  to  Pennsylvania.' 

C.  E.  Hill  &  Son,  Toronto.— Mr.  Hill  bought 
six  heifers  and  a  bull  in  1914  and  was  able  to  hold 
a  sale  of  fifty  head  in  1919.  The  herd  now  num- 
bers twenty  females.  Albion's  Missie  is  by 
Bettie's  Albion,  a  well  bred  Scotch  bull  from  J. 
R.  Whisler's  herd.  Her  dam  is  Brawith  Missie 
by  Pride  of  Avondale  the  son  of  Avondale  and 
imp.  Rosewood  86th.  Ravelstone  Girl  is  a  big 
roan  by  Goodline,  son  of  imp.  Collynie,  dam  by 
imp.  Lord  Cowslip.  This  cow  is  proving  an  un- 
usual breeder.  Golden  Lavender,  a  medium 
roan,  has  in  her  top  crosses  a  wealth  of  good 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS  629 

ancestry,  including  imp.  Daydreams  Pride,  imp. 
Trout  Creek  Clan  Alpine  and  the  Harris  bred 
Vandal. 

A  recent  purchase  included  Band  Light  Mist 
by  Hampton  Mist,  son  of  Hampton  Spray  out  of 
a  Collynie  cow.  Her  dam  is  by  Bandmaster,  son 
of  imp.  Fashion's  Favorite  and  imp.  Augusta 
Bruce.  Bettie's  Albion,  the  bull  mentioned  above, 
was  used  for  several  years  and  in  1918  a  new  sire 
was  secured  from  Carpenter  &  Ross.  He  comes 
from  Canada  and  is  of  blood  lines  quite  popular 
in  that  country.  His  dam  is  out  of  Rosewood 
90th  by  imp.  Lord  Mistletoe  and  is  a  daughter  of 
imp.  Rosewood  87th. 

Elmer  Hill,  the  junior  member  of  the  firm, 
while  still  a  boy,  is  the  making  of  a  Shorthorn 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  Mrs.  Hill 
also  takes  much  interest  in  the  cattle. 

Herbert  Laude,  Rose. — Mr.  Laude  was  a  jun- 
ior partner  in  the  firm  of  GK  A.  Laude  &  Sons 
and  in  1915  he  took  over  the  herd  owned  by  them. 
This  was  sold  in  1918  and  the  present  herd  has 
been  acquired  recently.  Ten  females  of  correct 
breeding  type  are  now  on  the  farm  and  these 
cows  and  others  that  may  be  purchased  will  be 
kept  only  as  long  as  they  produce  excellent 
calves.  A  few  of  the  best  bulls  will  be  sold  for 
breeders,  the  greater  number  being  destined 
for  the  beef  market.  Real  merit  in  the  animal 
and  in  its  ancestry  is  the  objective.  The  females 


630  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

include  a  very  choice  daughter  of  Prince  Valen- 
tine 4th,  several  by  Matchless  Gloster,  son  of 
Matchless  Dale  and  a  splendid  heifer  by  Silk 
Goods,  Mr.  Huber's  well  known  son  of  Choice 
Goods. 

The  bull  in  use  is  Goldspur,  a  Hanna  bred  son 
of  Hampton  Spray  out  of  Golden  Queen  3d  by 
imp.  Collynie.  His  grandam  is  the  Duthie  bred 
imp.  Golden  Queen.  Not  many  bulls  in  Kansas 
or  elsewhere  have  ancestors  that  combine  so 
much  beef  and  milk.  Goldspur  has  proved  a  sire 
of  the  best  and  most  profitable  class  of  Short- 
horns and  his  elegant  pedigree  would  be  accept- 
able anywhere. 

J.  L.  Jackson  &  Son,  Rose. — The  herd  includes 
only  five  females  but  they  are  from  excellent  an- 
cestry and  lack  only  better  development  to  make 
them  strictly  good  ones.  A  four-year-old 
cow  by  Hampton  Primrose,  one  of  the  best  bred 
bulls  of  the  breed  and  out  of  a  daughter  of  imp. 
Mariner  is  suckling  a  first-class  heifer  calf  by 
Secret  Robin  now  owned  by  Miss  Stanley  of 
Anthony.  The  Jacksons  co-operate  with  Herbert 
Laude  on  herd  bulls  and  the  bulls  are  always 
good  ones. 


CONCLUSION 

The  year  1920  ushered  in  a  readjustment  in 
prices  brought  about  by  wartime  conditions, 
which,  coming  several  years  sooner  than  expected, 
had  a  marked  effect  on  prices  paid  for  Short- 
horns. It  is  the  general  impression  that  prices 
are  more  nearly  stable  than  they  have  been  since . 
1915  and  that  but  little,  if  any,  reduction  from 
present  range  of  values  will  take  place.  Good 
Shorthorns  are  now  selling  and  will  continue  to 
sell  at  prices  that  will  make  their  production 
very  profitable.  The  wide  market  for  cattle  of 
this  breed  insures  a  steady  and  healthy  demand 
for  all  the  good  specimens  that  can  be  produced 
and  the  placing  of  values  on  a  permanent  basis 
will  encourage  many  farmers  in  making  a  start 
with  the  reds,  whites  and  roans. 

Some  early  summer  sales  held  values  well,  but 
nearly  all  later  ones  witnessed  sharply  reduced 
prices.  In  June  Col.  H.  L.  Burgess  sold  forty 
head  at  Fort  Scott,  securing  $3150  for  a  bull  and 
$1025  for  a  yearling  heifer.  The  entire  sale  made 
a  good  average.  The  fall  sale  season  was  opened 
by  A.  L.  Johnston  at  Ottawa  and  followed  by  the 
Southeast  Kansas  sale  at  Independence.  Both 
these  sales  were  particularly  unfortunate  in  that 
farmers  had  been  kept  out  of  the  fields  for  sev- 
eral weeks  and  were  just  well  started  sowing 


632  A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

wheat.  It  was  impossible  to  get  out  the  crowd. 
Mr.  Johnston  sold  a  number  and  stopped  the  sale. 
The  Southeast  association  sold  their  entire  offer- 
ing to  a  very  small  crowd  at  low  prices.  On  Oc- 
tober 7,  A.  L.  Harris  sold  thirty-five  head  at  his 
farm  near  Osage  City  at  an  average  of  about 
$250  and  the  same  day  Frank  H.  Yeager  sold  in 
Chase  county  at  prices  showing  a  decline  of  25 
per  cent.  The  next  day  the  Morris  County 
Breeders  Association  sale  at  Council  Grove  sold 
a  lot,  nearly  all  in  thin  condition,  that  went  beg- 
ging for  bids  much  above  market  value.  On  the 
9th,  Phillips  Bros,  dispersed  their  herd  at  Coun- 
cil Grove  at  prices  steady  with  1920  spring  sales. 
Chas.  Casement  sold  at  Sedan  on  October 
12,  securing  prices  of  a  year  earlier.  The 
sales  at  Ottawa  and  Pleasanton  were  fair  and 
the  one  at  Fort  Scott  was  a  failure.  The  Allen 
county  association  sold  fifty  head  at  Humboldt 
at  strong  prices  that  showed  but  little  decline.  A 
big  sale  held  at  Leavenworth  on  October  28,  was 
draggy  and  40  per  cent  lower  and  the  association 
sale  at  Hiawatha  was  reported  as  much  as  50  per 
cent  off  from  the  high  point.  The  American 
Royal  sale  was  probably  40  per  cent  below  that 
of  1919.  North  central  Kansas  sales  held  up 
better,  although  there  was  a  lowering  tendency 
all  over  the  state. 

Shawnee  county  breeders  made  an  excellent 
offering  December  15,  and  secured  good  prices. 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS   •  633 

The  Lyon  county  association  sold  at  Emporia  on 
the  22d,  the  worst  day  of  the  winter,  with  only 
forty  persons  present.  Prices  ruled  low.  The 
big  sales  at  Wichita  were  quite  snappy  and  the 
prices  received,  while  sharply  lower,  were  very 
satisfactory.  Breeders  were  generally  agreed 
that  Shorthorn  values  had  suffered  a  loss  of 
from  25  to  50  per  cent  from  the  peak. 

A  number  of  counties  have  forged  ahead  with- 
in the  past  eighteen  months  in  a  manner  worthy 
of  special  mention.  About  forty  new  breeders 
have  been  started  in  Leavenworth  county  and  a 
large  sale  pavilion  has  been  erected.  I.  N.  Chap- 
man, county  agent,  and  Otto  H.  Wulfekuhler, 
banker,  should  be  given  credit  for  being  among 
the  foremost  pushers. 

Harper  county  fairly  jumped  into  rank  as  one 
of  the  leading  Shorthorn  counties.  There  are 
now  more  than  fifty  breeders  in  the  county.  A 
large  sale  pavilion  has  been  built  and  big  Short- 
horn shows  are  being  held.  While  a  number  of 
persons  deserve  credit  for  this,  it  is  conceded  that 
a  woman  did  it.  Miss  Marguerite  V.  Stanley  is 
the  leading  spirit  in  the  work  and  secretary  of 
the  county  association.  She  had  the  satisfac- 
tion of  seeing  her  herd  bull,  Secret  Robin,  made 
grand  champion  at  the  1920  show. 

Sumner  county  is  doing  much  in  an  educa- 
tional way  for  the  Shorthorn  breeders.  It  is  an 


634  «     A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 

old  county  that  is  carrying  on  a  revival  promis- 
ing lasting  results. 

The  Kansas  National  Show  held  at  Wichita  in 
1921  was  remarkable  for  the  excellent  showing 
made  by  Kansas  breeders.  Tomson  Bros,  were 
the  leading  winners,  outclassing  both  Carpenter 
&  Ross  and  H.  C.  Lookabaugh.  E.  L.  Stunkel 
succeeded  in  getting  his  herd  bulls  well  in  the 
money,  having  received  second  in  the  two-year- 
old  class  and  fifth  in  aged  class.  E.  P.  Flan- 
agan's herd  bull  stood  immediately  below  the 
professional  showmen  in  the  aged  class.  Fred 
Abildgaard  had  several  entries  of  his  young 
stock  in  the  money,  as  did  also  Fremont  Leidy. 
Gaeddert  Bros,  were,  as  usual,  good  winners,  re- 
ceiving third  on  aged  bull,  with  all  their  entries 
well  in  the  money.  J.  C.  Robison  won  five 
prizes  on  his  entries  of  imported  cattle  and  H. 
E.  Huber  won  a  good  place  on  his  imported  bull, 
Imperator. 

All  over  the  state  there  is  a  feeling  that  the 
era  of  high  prices  induced  speculation  that  was 
not  conducive  to  herd  improvement.  Specula- 
tion has  now  had  its  day  and  we  may  expect  the 
breeder  to  lose  some  of  his  commercial  spirit  and 
to  devote  more  time  to  producing  good  stock. 


INDEX 


Abildgaard,  Fred,  316,  541. 
Abraham,  E.  H.,  181,  456,  459, 

460,  474. 

Ackley,  R.  J.,  351. 
Adams,  A.  A.,  534. 
Aeschliman,  J.  C.  &  Son,  515. 
Airdrie  2478,  60. 
Airdrie  Duchess  2d  &  3d,  34. 
Airdrie  Evergreen,  426. 
Albion,    120. 

Alexander,  R.  A.,  19,  60. 
Alfalfa  Leaf  Dale,  373. 
Alfalfa  Leaf  News  10th,  378. 
Alkire,  M.  J.,  26. 
Alkire  &  Wardell,  25. 
Allen,  Geo.  &  Sons,  419. 
Allen,  George  W.,  432. 
Allen,  Ivy  &  Sons,  310. 
Allerton  Rosebud  4th,  Imp.,  226. 
Amcoats,    S.    B.,    76,    298,    304, 

543. 
American     Woods     Shorthorns, 

152,  167. 

Andrew,  Adam,  121,  327. 
Anderson,   H.   C.,  460. 
Appleton,    Geo.    J.,    613. 
Anderson,   W.   G.,   55. 
Archer,    579. 
Archers  Victor,  615. 
Ardlethen    Mystery,    Imp.,    241, 

386. 

Armour   Bearer,   98. 
Arneal,  A.   H.,  609. 
Arnold,   F.   B.,  401. 
Ashcraft,  A.  M.,  114. 
Ashcraft  Bros.,   115,   232. 
Asher  and  Allison,  345. 
Asher,  P.  P.  &  Son,  500. 
Associations,  County,  180. 
Associations,  District,  178. 
Associations,  State,  174. 
Athene's   Scotchman,   317,   541, 

543. 

Athenian   Coronet  4th,  614. 
A  True  Cumberland,  233. 
Auburn  Dale,   538. 
Augustus,  521. 


Austin,  A.,  520. 

Avery  Bros.,  50. 

Avery,  R.   H.,  50. 

Aylesburj^    Duke,    Imp.,    110. 

Babbitt,  C.  A.,  257. 

Babst  Bros.,  614. 

Babst,    T.    P.    &    Sons,    90,    95, 

104,  115,  131,  233. 
Baer,  W.  F.,  520. 
Bailey,  G.  W.  K.  &  Sons,  47. 
Bailey,   W.   E.   W.,   47. 
Baird,  Chas.  M.,  320. 
Baker,  J.  W.,  120. 
Ballantyne,    David,    123,    321, 

370,  460. 

Ballantyne,  T.  A.,  123,  331. 
Ballechin    Rosewood    3d,    Imp., 

277. 

Banbury,  J.  C.  &  Sons,  552. 
Bancroft,   W.    C.,    58. 
Banker  4th,  133. 
Bapton  Corporal,  Imp.,  224,  262, 

267. 
Bapton    Dramatist,    Imp.,    373, 

374. 

Bapton    Mariner,  Imp.,  355. 
Bapton  Pearl,  80. 
Barmpton  Knight,  97,  117,  580, 

582,  588.    • 
Barnes,  B.   F.,   180. 
Baronet  of  Maine  Valley,  132. 
Baron  Marr,  129,  327,  356,  357. 
Baron    Victor,    Imp.,    64. 
Barrett  &  Land,  428,  525. 
Barr,  I.  &  Son,   71. 
Barrister,    111. 
Basil  Duke,  49. 
Bates,  Thos.,   18,  19. 
Bayer,  Henry  B.,  135,  569. 
Bayer,  J.  H.,  134,  200. 
Bayer,  J.  T.,  136. 
Beamon,  R.  M.,  209. 
Beaver  Creek  Sultan,  240,  570. 
Beeman,  C.  W.,  211. 
Beitler,  D.  M.,  554. 
Bellows  Bros.,  117,  209,  317. 
Bellows,  C.  D.,  236. 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


Bellows,  F.  &  Sons,  79. 
Belvedere,  132,  366. 
Bemis,  Geo.  W.,  482. 
Benedict,   Sen.  S.   S.,  106,   132. 
Bennington   Bros.,   429. 
Bennington,  C.  &  Sons,  429. 
Bessie  51st,  Imp.,  Ill,  249. 
Best  of  Dales,  572. 
Betsy  Dailey,  90. 
Betteridge,  W.  A.,  234. 
Betty's    Albion,    628. 
Bill  &  Burnham,   125. 
Bill   &  Burnham   Sale,   71. 
Bill,  O.  W.,  55. 
Bird,  C.  D.,  501. 
Birkenbaugh,  J.  F.,  431. 
Black,    John,    346. 
Blake,  Mrs.  Grace,  500. 
Bluemont    Farm,    573. 
Bonnie  Emblem,  575. 
Booker,  Forrest,  180. 
Booth,  Thos.,  18. 
Borger,  H.  &  Son,  480. 
Borland,  Paul  M.,  302. 
Bornhorst,  H.  J.,  468. 
Bottom,  Tom,  394. 
Bower,  M.  W.,  349. 
Bowman,  John,  43. 
Bozeman,    W.    S.,    306. 
Brandsby    Augusta    4th,    Imp., 

221. 

Brott,  E.  E.,  310. 
Braunsdorf,   A.   C.,   438. 
Brawith  Heir,  308. 
Breadalbane    2d,    45. 
Breeders    Assn.,    Blue    Valley, 

471. 
Breeders    Assn.,    Labette    Co., 

437. 
Breeders     Assn.,     Osage     Co., 

527. 
Breeders     Assn.,     Wilson    Co., 

623. 

Breeder's  Gazette,  187. 
Bridesmaid  2d,  451. 
British  Emblem,  Imp.,  462. 
British  Lion,  104. 
Brookover,  H.  G.,  181,  285,  359, 

362. 

Brookover,  W.  H.  &  B.,  361. 
Brookover,    W.    J.,    362,   /369. 
Brown,   E.   E.,   58. 
Brown,  G.  W.  &  Sons,  286. 


Brown,  Jas.  N.  &  Sons,  27,  61. 
Brown,   T.    C.   &   Bro.,   358. 
Buchanan,   C.   L.,   308,   311. 
Buchele,  Chas.  J.,   296. 
Buck,  E.   Scott,  618. 
Bunnell,  E.  M.  .&  Sons,  233. 
Bureau    of    Animal    Industry, 

137. 

Burgess,  Col.  H.  L.,  182. 
Burgess,  Col.  H.  L.,  Sale  324. 
Burkham,    W.    S.,    54. 
Burtiss  Bros.,  55. 
Burtiss,    C.    L.,    55. 
Burtis,  W.  J.  &  O.  B.,  569. 
Butterfly  Sultan  300788,  381. 
Caldwell,  S.  C.  &  Son,  212. 
Calf  Club,  Johnston  Co.,  423. 
Calf  Club,  Wilson  Co.,  623. 
Campbell,  E.  A.,  559. 
Campbell,  F.  B.,  178,  436. 
Campbell,  J.  F.,  625. 
Cane,   Dan  O.,  472. 
Captain  545855,  510. 
Captain  Archer,  110,  120. 
Carpenter  &  Eoss,  145,  221 
Carrier,  O.   H.,   220. 
Carter,   Floyd,   358. 
Case,  A.  &  Sons,  563. 
Casement,   Chas.,   294. 
Caspar,   Geo.   J.,   359. 
Casterline,   Armenia,   55. 
Catlin,  C.  S.  &  Son,  419. 
Cedar  Dale,  283,  285,  286. 
Central  Sale,  450. 
Chaffee,  N.  L.,  27,  58. 
Challengers  Knight,  326. 
Chamberlin,  C.  A.,  502. 
Chancellor,    230. 
Channon,  Geo.,  124. 
Chanute  Pride,  501. 
Cheney,  S.  L.,  121,  230. 
Cherry  Blossom  6th,  264,  267. 
Cherry  Grove  Banff  19th,  430. 
Chief    Steward,   307. 
Choice  Goods,  111,  165. 
Christmann,  Col.   D.,  437. 
Churchill,   H.   H.,   534,   594. 
Clansman,    248,    256. 
Clara's    Type,    542. 
Clark  Bros.,  134. 
Clark,  C.  H.,  134. 
Clark,  E.  L.,  311. 
Clark,  Thos.  E.,  42. 


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637 


Classical   Sultan,   248. 
Clements  Ivan,  396. 
Cobb,  W.  E.,  437. 
Gochel,  W.  A.,  137,  176. 
Coffman,  Ross  A.  &  Son,  535. 
College  Emma,  139. 
College  Duchess  2d,   177,  572. 
Colling  Sale  1810,   18. 
Collynie,  Imp.,  84,  85,  107,  110. 
Collynie's  Pride,  123. 
Collynie 's    Primrose,    292. 
Colman,  Willis  E.,  343. 
Colonel    Carvel,    460,    610,    611, 

612. 

Color    Bearer,    351. 
Columbia  5th,  449,  450. 
Colwell,  F.   J.,   312. 
Conger,  F.   H.,   135. 
Constance,  Imp.,  100. 
Cook,  Eobert,  53. 
Cornell,  H.   F.,  356. 
Cory,  E.  A.  &  Sons,  557. 
Cottrell,  Prof.  H.  M.,  73,  74. 
Count   Valentine   4th,   573. 
Cowan,  B.  O.,  96,  272,  284. 
Cowan,   John   G.,   253. 
Cowley,  Fred,   110,   120. 
Cox,  S.   D.,  378. 
Craig,  W.  K.,  217. 
Crane,    Albert,    32,    33,    34. 
Craven  Knight,  Imp.,  72. 
Cream  Toast,  140,  142. 
Crespigny  &   Seiver,   39. 
Crimson's  Daughter,  546. 
Cronin,  Wm.  &  Sons,  310,  311. 
Crusader,    582. 
Crystal  Maid,  487. 
Cumberland  Champion,  592. 
Cumberland  Diamond,  599. 
Cumberland  Sultan,  596. 
Cundiff,  Dr.  W.  H.,  50. 
Cunningham,  E.  H.,  379. 
Cupbearer,   Imp.,    102,    121. 
Dale  Emblem,  273. 
Dale,  E.  S.,  181,  314. 
Dales  Cumberland  240,  257. 
Dales  Signet,  609. 
Davis,  M.  V.,  56. 
Dnw.ly,    D.    L.,    234. 
Bawdy,  D.  L.   &  Co.,  105. 
Dawe,   T.   J.   &   Son,   117,   118, 

336,  341,  343. 
Defender,  568. 


DeGeer,  V.  E.,  241. 

Deming    Ranch,    129. 

Dent,    Clyde    E.,    510. 

Dent,  Eobert  P.,  508. 

Dent,  Waldo  E.,  510. 

Devlin,  Mrs.  A.  G.,  398. 

Diamond  Emblem,  117,  118,  256, 

o38,  343. 

Diamond  Victor,  474. 
Dickie,  Geo.  L.,  349. 
Dickson,  W.   T.   &   Son,   532. 
Dimmock,  C.  O.,  180. 
Diver  &  Potter,  205. 
Doering,  H.  C.,  217. 
Dole,  R.  W.,  523. 
Douham,  R.  B.,  555. 
Donnelly,  John  J.,  567. 
Double  Champion,  112,  386. 
Double  Dale,  551. 
Double  Gloster,  Imp.,  78,  125. 
Double   Ury,   115. 
Downing,  L.  E.,  370. 
Dr.  Primrose,  64,  101,  106,  133. 
Drummond,  E.  A.,  Sale,  312. 
Duchess  Cow,  18. 
Duchess  of  Independence,  425. 
Duchess  of  Geneva  8th,  60. 
Duke  of  Airdrie,  Imp.,  19,  60. 
Duke  of  Airdrie  23d,  32. 
Duke  of  Airdrie  53d,  36. 
Duke  of  Hazelcote  19th,   39. 
Duke  of  Jubilee  2d,   32,   70. 
Duke  of  Shannon  Hill,  36. 
Dumbauld,  Levi,  56. 
L.  M.  Dunaway,  433,  436. 
Duncan,  H.  C.,  36. 
Duncan,  S.  C.,  39. 
Dunn    Herd,    55. 
Dupho'rne,    Marcel,    382. 
Durham  Park  Herd,  32. 
Duston,   M.    Z.,   619. 
Duthie,    Wm.,    164,    280. 
Earl  of  Aberdeen  2d,  125. 
Earl  of  Athol,  52. 
Earl  of  Valley  Grove  20th,  133, 

594. 

Enton,  Lanson,  59. 
Edelweiss,  Imp.,  271,  272. 
Edmonds,    Will,    245. 
K<hvards,   W.   C.,   132. 
Elbert  &  Fall,  79. 
Ellis,    V.    E.,    128. 
Elmquist,  Luther,  475. 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


Ely,  J.  R.,  461. 

Emblem's  Butterfly,  354. 

Emblem's  Dale,  595. 

Emblem  Jr.,  267,  314,  316. 

Emma  S.,  591. 

Empress  of  Oxford  3d,  411. 

Empress  of  Oxford  4th,  409. 

English  Woods  Shorthorns,  154. 

Estes,  H.  W.,  181. 

Etherington,  T.  M.,  365,  368. 

Evans,  Ervin,  180. 

Evans,  Joe  L.,  402. 

Evergreen   Sultan,  502. 

Ewing  Bros.   (Barton  Co.),  125. 

Ewing    Bros.    (Mo.),    283. 

Expansion,  A  Period  of,  31. 

Fads,   166. 

Fair  Acres  Sultan,  266. 

Fair  Acres  Sultan   2d,   267. 

Fair  Acres  Choice,  537. 

Fair  Champion,  481. 

Fame's  Goods,  430,  481. 

Fancy  Dale,  448. 

Fancy  Lad  2d,  207,  214. 

Fashioner  4th,  203. 

Fashioner   7th,   438. 

Fasken,  J.  A.  &  Son,  321. 

Favorite,   382. 

Fears,  W.  S.,  86. 

Fergus,  J.  B.,  114. 

Fetherngill  &  Enfield,   212. 

Final  Test,  The,  137. 

Fiske,  E.  E.,  435. 

Flanagan,  E.  P.,  333. 

Flat  Creek  Marys,  61. 

Flinn,  D.  M.,  51. 

Flinn,   Simpson,  51. 

Forbes,    Mr.    and    Mrs.    H.    T., 

105,    586. 

Ford,  T.  O.,  75,  106. 
Forest  Daisy,  96. 
Forest  Daisy  2d,  96,  581. 
Forest  Knight,  127. 
Foster,  J.  C.,  503. 
Fraser,  Alex,  280,  407,  414,  426, 

427,  550. 

Frye,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John,  499. 
Funk,  F.  N.,  120. 
Furneaux,  R.  O.,  114. 
Furneaux,  E.  O.  &  Son,  203. 
Gaddis,    H.    I.,    209,    324,    336, 

472. 
Gaeddert  Bros.,  545. 


Gainford  Lancer,  313. 
Galahad,    130. 
Gallanaugh  Bros.,  423. 
Gallant  Knight,  93,  91.  9f..  271, 

579. 

Gallant  Knight's  Heir,  543. 
Gallant  Knight's  Star,  424. 
Gallup,  A.   H.,   469. 
Garver,   C.   M.,   124. 
Georgeson,  Prof.  C.  G.,  71. 
Gifford  and  Sons,   76. 
Gifford,  F.  M.,  76,  302,  303. 
Gigstad,  K.  G.,  16,  223,  442. 
Gilbert,  F.  L.,  367. 
Gillespie,    F.    A.    &    Sons,    414, 

487.     . 

Gipsy  Cumberland  5th,  301. 
Glancys,   The,  229. 
Glendale,  290,  291. 
Glendon,    100. 

Glick,  Geo.  W.,  29,  34,  49,  105. 
Godwin,  128. 
Golden   Crown,   407. 
Golden   Drop    of   Hillhurst,    63, 

121,    129. 

Golden  Drops,   164,   165. 
Golden   Goods,    224. 
Golden  Hampton,   621,  622. 
Golden    Knight,    73,    124,    335. 
Golden  Lad,   132. 
Golden  Laddie,  617. 
Golden  Magnet,  459. 
Golden  Sharon,  203. 
Goldspur,  630. 
Good  Choice,  228. 
Good  News,  273. 
Good    Scotchman,   254,   256. 
Gowdy,   B.   W.,   107,   114. 
Grace  Young  4th  &  5th,  27,  70. 
Gragg,  W.   W.   &   Sons,  350. 
Grand  Airdrie,  75. 
Grand  Duke  of  Kansas  1st,  26, 

28. 

Grand  Duke  of  Oxford  3d,  26. 
Graner,  H.   C.,  231,  405. 
Graner,  Louis  F.,  236. 
Graner,  W.  H.,  235. 
Grant,  George,  40. 
Gray,   Thos.,   530. 
Green,  Col.  Ed,  386. 
Greever,  Geo.   W.,   28. 
Gregg,    Jas.,    130,    131,    519. 
Griffee  Bros.,  470. 


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639 


Gross,    Col.    P.    M.,    182. 

Guild,  Joseph  E.,  50. 

Gulick,    Wm.    &    Son,    521. 

Gus  Villager,  385. 

Gwendoline  79th,  140,  142. 

Haag,  H.  J.,  402. 

Hailey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  E.,  509. 

Hall   Bros.,   135,   204. 

Hall,  Dr.  W.  C.,  503. 

Hall,    O.    B.,    575. 

Hallwood   Lavender,    264. 

Halls    Cumberland,    310. 

Hamill,  J.  M.,   296. 

Hamiltons,  61. 

Hamilton  Sales,  58,  59. 

Hamlet,  603. 

Hamm,  A.  &  Son,  446,  505. 

Hampton,  293. 

Hampton   Primrose,   327,   630. 

Hampton   Spray,  86,  266. 

Hanna,    S.    C.,    American   Cows 

Bought,    79,    120. 
Hanna,  S.  C.,  Importations,  80, 

207. 

Hanna,  Mrs.  S.  C.,  88. 
Hanna,   S.   C.,  66,   78,  88,   360, 

361. 

Hansen,  N.  B.,  254. 
Harding,  F.  W.,  81,  82,  165. 
Harriman   Bros.,   112. 
Harrington,  Clay  &  H.  M.,  122. 
Harrington,  J.  W.,   311. 
Harris,   W.   A.,   36,   46,  52,   62, 

72,    90,    125,    128,    164,    165, 

174,    270,    329. 

Harris,  W.  A.,  Dispersion,  69. 
Harris,  W.  A.,  Imported  Cows, 

64,    66. 

Hart   Bros.,    30. 
Hart,   C.  L.,   30. 
Hart,  G.  F.,  469,  520. 
Harkey,  Dr.  W.  C.,  420. 
Harper  Co.,  633 
Hasebrook  Herd,   262. 
Haskin,   S.   B.,  425. 
Hasty,  Imp.,  28. 
Haub,    Henry,    405. 
Haury,    E.    J.,   384. 
Hawk,  W.  B.  &  M.,  130. 
Hayes,  Everett,  116. 
Hayes,   H.   E.,   129. 
Hayes,  L.  D.,  244. 
Haynes,  H.  A.,  288. 


Hayes,  L.  D.,  180. 
Heacock,  E.  E.  &  Sons,  307. 
Headlight,  445  . 
Heglund,  Ed,  236,  444. 
Heimann,  H.  &  Son,  516. 
Helmer,   Eoy,   350. 
Hendricks,  C.  L.,  482. 
Herd    Bull,    Selecting,    279. 
Herds    of    Minor    Importance, 

113. 

Herriff,  Col.  E.  H.,   184. 
Higday,  H.  L.,  504. 
Higinbotham,  Wm.,  78. 
Hill,  C.  E.  &  Son,  628. 
Hill,  Elmer,   629. 
Hill,  H.  M.,  12,  66,  76,  106,  119, 

120,  134,  176,  436,  484,  564. 
Hill,  Mrs.  H.  M.,  108. 
Hoadley  &  Sigmund,  132. 
Hoadley,  Geo.  H.  &  Son,  132. 
Hogan,  W.   E.,   368,  370. 
Holcomb,  J.  H.,  180,  200,  227, 

309. 

Holloran,  W.  J.,  553. 
Holloway,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  E., 

205. 

Holmes,  H.  H.,  131,  359,  590. 
Holroyd,  M.  L.,  295. 
Holt,  E.  C.,  216. 
Homan,  O.  A.,  180. 
Homan,  O.  A.  &  Sons,  386. 
Hoover's  Dale,  423. 
Hopley  Stock  Farm,  234. 
Horville   Bros.,    206,    212. 
Hothan,   Chas.   &   Son,   526. 
Houghton,  F.  G.,  507. 
Householder,  M.  A.,  102,  121. 
Householder,    M.    E.,    304. 
Hoverson,  A.  A.,  338. 
Howard,   C.   M.   &    Sons,   242. 
Huber,  H.  E.,  23,  364,  406,  408. 
Huber,    J.    M.,    23. 
Hull,  L.  B.,  119. 
Hultine,    Albert,    145. 
Humphrey,  C.  P.,  398. 
Hunter  Bros.,  566. 
Hunton,  G.  E.,  53. 
Hyde,  Fred,  127. 
Hyde,  J.  C.,   127. 
Hyde,  J.  W.,  127,  142,  625. 
Imperator,  Imp.,  408. 
Importation,  1817,  18. 


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A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


Importation,   E.    A.    Alexander, 

19. 

Importation,  Albert  Crane,  33. 
Importation,  Geo.  Grant,  41. 
Importation,    S.    C.    Hanna,    80, 

207. 

Importation,  Leavenworth  's,  39. 
Importation,  Ohio  Co.,  18. 
Importation,     J.     C.     Eobison, 

143. 

Ingle  Lad,  108,  367,  532,  621. 
Ingle  Maid,  108. 
Ingle  Prince,  527. 
Ingleside  for  Me,  615. 
Ingle's   Secret,   501. 
Inglewood,   Imp.,   85,   108,   360, 

379. 

Iiigleynie,  628. 
Inlow,  John,  26,  27. 
Jackson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas.,  517. 
Jackson,  J.   L.   &   Son,   630. 
Jackson,    Sam'l,    518. 
Jacob,   A   .W.,   574. 
Jagels,  Theo.,  323. 
James,   Col.  Andy  J.   184,  412. 
James,  Col.   and  Mrs.   Andy  J. 

412,  413. 

Jasperson,  V.  A.,  181,  527. 
Jealous  Dale,  570,  574. 
Jealous   Renown,   611. 
Jennie  Eivers,  469. 
Jewell  Arden,  313. 
Jewell,  J.  L.,  210. 
Jewell,  Wesley,  178,  207,  214. 
Joan  of  Arc,  33. 
Joe's  Lord,  115. 
Johnson  Bros.,  543. 
Johnson,  Carl,  476. 
Johnson,  G.  Y.,  30,  '255. 
Johnson,  Herman  A.,  538. 
Johnston,  A.  L.,  178,  354. 
Jones,  John  L.  &  Sons,  218. 
Justice,  Col.  H.  M.,  184. 
Kahl,  Samuel,  49. 
Kansas     Agricultural     College, 

15,  27,  69,  177,  190,  409,  571, 

582. 
Kansas  Farmer-Mail  &  Breeze, 

189. 

Kansas  Herds  of  Today,  194. 
Kansas    National    Show,     283, 

546,   547,   603,   605,   634. 
Kansas  Prince,  496. 


Kansas  Shorthorn  Breeders  As- 
sociation,  174. 

Kansas  State  Fair,  521,  551. 

Kellerman,    D.    K.    &    Son,    97, 
100. 

Kellerman,    Geo.    F.,    98,    209, 
446,  448,  452. 

Kelly,  Frank  X.,  415. 

Kepler  &  Wiltse,  222. 

Kepler,  John  A.,  624. 

Kerr,  Archibald,  42,  43. 

Kerr,  W.  F.,  421. 

Kier  Jip,  Imp.,  371. 

Kimball,  C.  H.,  134. 

King,  Joe  &  Son,  283. 

King,  Eex,  515. 

Kingsley,  F.  C.,  133,  593. 

Kinnellar,  107. 

Kinochtry  Ensign,  Imp.,  417. 

Kinzer,  E.  J.,  74,  129. 

Kirk,  F.  S.,  176. 

Kissenger,   J.    H.,   61. 

Kitchin,  A.  F.,  523. 

Kleppe,  H.  V.  &  Sons,  255. 

Knapp,  E.  L.,  29,  617. 

Knapp,  L.   A.,   29,   35,   617. 

Knight,  J.  F.,  311. 

Knotts,  J.  L.,  504. 

Knox,    S.    M.,    180,    199,    295, 
466. 

Kraft,  John,  58. 

Kramer,  John,  86,  489. 

Kupper,   Henry,   400. 

Lackey,   A.   H.   and   H.   H,,   56 
335. 

Lady  Cumberland,  202. 

Lady  Emma,  499. 

Lady   Marshall,    255. 

Lady   Sale  of  Atchison,  36. 

Lady  Sale  of  Brattleboro,  36. 

Lady  Supreme,  267. 

I  ant  Bros.,  435. 

Lassman,   Fred,    211. 

Lattimer,  Walter,  105,   114. 

Lauber  Bros.,  124 

Lauber,  H.  F.,  627. 

Laude,   G.   A.,   176,   177. 

Laude,   Herbert,   629. 

Laude,  Martin  L.,  190. 

Laude  Printing  Co.,  190. 

Laury,  J.  G.,  218. 

Lavender  Best,  136. 

Lavender    Chief,    614. 


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641 


Lavender  Emblem,  249,  250. 
Lavender  King,  444. 
Lavender   King   4th,   98. 
Lavender  Marshal,  479. 
Lavender  Search,  474,  562. 
Lavender    Stamp,    417,   428. 
Lavender    T.,    140. 
Lavender    Viceroy,    74. 
Lawtoii  Tommy,  Imp.,  302. 
Leach,  Frank,  55. 
Leavenworth   Co.,   633. 
Leclerc,  G.  N.,  564. 
Leidy,    Clarence,    285. 
Leidy,    Fremont,    23,    176,    179, 

280,   286,   288. 
Leidy,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   Fremont, 

283. 

Leonard,  C.  E.,  61,  226. 
Lewis,  W.  H.,  443. 
Libel,  J.  F.  &  Son,  341. 
Liberty  Boy,  112. 
Lilac,  84. 

Linwood   Lavender    14th,   98. 
Lister,  R.  H.,  352. 
Little,  H.   R.,   123. 
Loch  Bros.,  397. 
Lodge,   C.    V.    &   J.    P.,    101. 
Lookabaugh,   H.   C.,   101,   145. 
Lopez,  290. 
Lord   Abraham,   33. 
Lord    Albion,    560. 
Lord  Alexander,  Imp.,  232. 
Lord  Archer,  564. 
Lord  Banff  2d,  129,  356. 
Lord   Cowslip,   Imp.,   86. 
Lord  Mayor,  66,  95,  96,  97,  131, 

614. 

Lord  Mayor  3d,  212,  563. 
Lord    Mystic,    620. 
Lorimer,  Boyd,  427. 
Lorimer,  J.  A.,  422. 
Lorimer,  W.  D.,  422. 
London  Duke  6th,  253. 
Loudon  Duke  13th,  32. 
Louthian  Bros.,  240. 
Love,  H.  W.,  424. 
Lovett,  Claude,  181,  211,  364. 
Lovett,    John    J.,    59. 
Lowe,    M.    A.,    131. 
Ludwig,  E.  D.,  117. 
Lukert,   E.   D.,   117. 
Lukert,  J.  F.  &  Sons,  250. 
Lumley,  J.  G.,  459. 


Lyne,  B.  M.  &  Sons,  544. 

Lyons,  M.  H.,  46,  312. 

Maag,  R.  S.,  357. 

Mack,  J.,  403. 

Maninger,   Fred,    382. 

Mantey  and  Harriman,  454. 

Marcy  &  Son,  46. 

Marcy,  T.  M.,  45. 

Marauder,    572. 

Maria  30th,  Imp.,  231. 

Mariner,  Imp.,   107. 

Markley,    A.    M.    &    Sons,    130, 

452. 

Marks,  Dr.  M.  F.,  401,  410,  510. 
Marquis  Cumberland,  213,  343, 

344,  346. 

Marshall  Abbotsburn  3d,   123. 
Marshall  Bros.,  122. 
Marshall,  Geo.  S.,  181,  444. 
Marshall    Lee,    122. 
Marshall's  Crown,  396,  585. 
Martin,   H.   S.,  463. 
Martin,    J.    W.,    56. 
Martin,  J.  T.  &  Son,  368. 
Massa,  G.  W.,  439. 
Massa,   O.   O.,   370,  494. 
Master  of  the  Dales,  109,  491, 

626. 

Master  of  the  Grove,  120,  614. 
Master   Marshal,   604. 
Master  Pavonia,  374. 
Masters,    H.    J.,    135. 
Matchless  Collynie,  482. 
Matchless  Dale,  8,  15,  75,  419, 

572. 

Matchless  Queen,   141. 
Maxwalton  Mandolin,  273. 
Maxwalton    Eosedale,    47,    451, 

582,  617. 

Mayor    Alcott,   432. 
McAdams,  J.  H.,  181. 
McAfee,  H.  W.,  104. 
McAfee,  J.  B.,  104. 
McCampbell,    Dr.    C.    W.,    139, 

176,  190. 

McClaughey,  Dr.  G.  A.,  455. 
McCoy,  John  &  Sons,  251,  252. 
McCulloch,   Col.   Jas.    T.,    184. 
McDermaid,  John,  120. 
McDonald,   R.  R.,  626. 
McFerrin,   C.   E.,    120,   531. 
McGregor,   16. 
McHardy,  F.,  56. 


642 


A  HISTORY  OF  SHORTHORNS  IN  KANSAS 


Mclntosh,  Elmer,  245. 
McLenon,  H.  A.,  225. 
Meall  Bros.,  177,  478. 
Meissner,  E.  C.,  219. 
Mellowhide,  231. 
Merriam,   C.   W.,   131. 
Merry  Hampton,  81. 
Metzger,   M.   A.,   511. 
Meuser  &   Co.,   601. 
Meyer,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  119. 
Meyer,  Harrison,  440. 
Meyers,  E.  S.,  124,  595. 
Millcraie  Costly  Belle,  Imp.,  224. 
Milk  Production,  Breeding  for, 

52. 

Miller,  J.   H.,   552. 
Miller,  J.  L.,  115,  237. 
Miller,  John,  357. 
Miller,  John  Q.  A.,  115,  237. 
Miller,  J.  E.,  428. 
Miller  Stock  Farms,  The,  618. 
Miller,   Wm.,    53. 
Mina  Marigold  Lady,  243. 
Mina's  Avon  Viillager,  324. 
Minister,    27. 
Miss  Acorn,  523. 
Missie's  Last,  267,  314. 
Miss  Snowbird  Sultan,   267. 
Mistletoe  Archer,  490,  491. 
Mistletoe  15th,  Imp.,  110. 
Miss  Watson,  26. 
Mitchell  Bros.,  408. 
Mitchell,  S.  D.,  322,  610. 
Modern  Scotchman,  399. 
Mohler,  Sec.  J.  C.,  178. 
Moody,   Joel,   25. 
Moreland,  E.  L.,  458. 
Morris  &  Becar,  19. 
Morse  Bros.,  542. 
Morse,  O.  E.  &  Sons,  129. 
Mott,  H.  O.,  513. 
Mr.  Marshal,  396. 
Mr.   Mysie,  454. 
Murdoch  Bros.,  417. 
Murphy,   Thos.   &   Sons,  605. 
Mussett,  J.  A.,   445. 
Myers,  E.  A.,  342. 
Myers,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  342. 
Myreton  Seal,  Imp.,  252. 
Nelson,  Jacob,  177,  300. 
Nelson,  W.  E.,  37. 
Nevius,    C.    S.,    112,    214,    284, 

362. 


Neville,  A.  H.,  439. 
Newcom,  Col.   Boyd,  185. 
New  Echo,  430. 
Newman,  Dr.   J.   E.,   243. 
Newton  Friar,  Imp.,  262. 
New  Year's  Delight,  470,  581. 
New  Year's  Emblem,  342. 
Nielson,  J.   M.,  180,  471. 
Noffsinger,    L.    M.,    535,    539, 

609. 

Nonpareil  35th,   Imp.,   31,  249. 
Nonpareil  Avondale,  411. 
Nonpareil  Star,  272. 
Norris,  C.  B.,  28,  48. 
North  Amercius,  525. 
Norton,   D.   P.,   103,   462. 
Norton,  J.   Clarence,  113. 
Norton's  Golden  Drop,  65,  66. 
Oakdale   King,   514. 
Ode,  Henry  &  Son,  441. 
Odell  Bros.,  626. 
Odell,  Stephen  C.,  309. 
Ogden    &    Sons,    624. 
O'Kane,  John,  180. 
Oldenettel,  F.  H.,  554. 
Olson,  H.  &  Sons,  528. 
Olson,  Theo  &  Sons,  402,  567. 
O  'Neal,  James  &  Son,  29,  59. 
O'Neill,  Owen,   457,  473. 
Ostlund,  E.  A.,  620. 
Otto    Bros.,    572. 
Outcrosses  in  Scotch  Pedigrees, 

164. 

Orange  Baron,  590. 
Orange    Blossom    of    Oakland, 

121. 

Orange  Blossom  Perfection,  121. 
Orange  Goods,   606. 
Orange  Major,   121,  328,  453. 
Orange  Premier,  519. 
Orange  Viscount,  111. 
Ozark  Sultan,  432. 
Paddock,  Ted  D.  &  Sons,  455. 
Parks,  J.  C.,  367. 
Paton,    J.    E.,    318,    319. 
Pavonia,  Imp.,  100. 
Peck,  H.  O.  &  Son,  13,  603. 
Peerless,   565. 

Pereherons  to  Shorthorns,  276. 
Perkins  &  Alley,   346. 
Peters,  T.  J.,  58. 
Peterson,  Anton,  476. 
Peterson  Bros.,  475,  476. 


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643 


Peterson,  M.  R.  338,  340. 

Phyllis    Duke,    90. 

Pickrell,   J.    H.,   61. 

Piper,  John  F.,  28. 

Pleasant  Acres  Sultan,  548,  549. 

Pleasant  Dale  Sultan,  537. 

Poland,  Milton  &  Son,  514. 

Pollard,  M.  C.,  532. 

Poison,  Geo.  T.,  58. 

Potter,  John  B.,  181,  374. 

Powell,   A.   G.,   505. 

Pride  of  Collynie,  78. 

Pride's  Bessie,  140. 

Prime   Minister,   Imp.,    130. 

Prince  Imperial  2d,  136. 

Prince    of    Collynie,    108,    109, 

254,  486. 

Prince  Lovely,  100. 
Prince  Royal,  498. 
Prince  Valentine  4th,  208,  212, 

316,   562,    592,    630. 
Princess   Columbia,   486. 
Pringle,  Andrew,  46,  610. 
Pringle,   J.   A.,   616. 
Proud  Archer,  622. 
Purple  Ribbon  Sale,  274. 
Queen  Lil,  421. 
Ralston,  E.   T.,  405. 
Ravenswood  Admiration,  74. 
Rawlings  Bros.,  369. 
Ray,  J.  P.  &  Sons,  347. 
Realm's  Count  2d,  420. 
Reber,   D.   E.,   117. 
Red  Gauntlet,  135. 
Red  Laddie,  544. 
Red  Oak,  115. 
Red  Rose,  140. 
Red   Rube,   Imp.,   231. 
Reece,  A.  M.,  606. 
Reed,   Thos.  B.,   513. 
Rees,  Conway,  460. 
Reeves,  L.   W.   513. 
Regier,  John,  200,  202,  242,  268, 

269,  361,  464,  551. 
Renick,   Abram,   60. 
Renick    Rose    of    Sharons,    60, 

195. 

Reynolds  and  Pritchard,  54. 
Rhoads,  Jas.,  425. 
Rice  Co.,  Herd,  An  Early,  50. 
Richardson,  I.  T.,  181. 
Richelieu,  306. 
Ringmaster,  116. 


Ridiculous    Propositions,     166, 

167. 

Roan  Geraldine,  547. 
Eoan  Heather,  305. 
Roan  Lord,  199. 
Roan  Marshall,  Imp.,  522. 
Roan  Model,  332. 
Roan  Sultan,  523 
Robbins,   F.   Joe,  178. 
Robin,   84. 
Robinetta  4th,  453. 
Robinita   Winsome,   625. 
Robison,   J.    C.,    142,    145,   274, 

504,  626. 

Robison,  Wm.   Ellet,  276. 
Rockefeller,  Frank,   115. 
Hock  Springs  Pride,  443. 
Rodney,  120,  131. 
Roenigk,  Richard,  513. 
Rollins,  A.  W.,  44,   70. 
Romine,  D.   S.,  434. 
Roney,  M.  J.,  621. 
Ronsick,  C.  H.,  209. 
Rork,    Jesse.    383. 
Rosedale,   229,  238,  240. 
Rosehaugh,  Imp.,  229. 
Rosehaugh  Belle  2d,  Imp.,  228. 
Rosewood,  360. 
Rosewood  Cathay,  354. 
Rosewood   Dale,   260.    2f>2,   264, 

267,  376. 

Rosewood  Pride,  ?38,  3-33. 
Rosewood  Stamp,  Imp.,  l"!P. 
Ross,  Geo.  B.,  125,   126. 
Ross,  Peter,  82. 
Rothwell  &  Sons,  426. 
Rowley,  Guy  &  Son,  453. 
Royal  Gloster,  124. 
Royal  Knight,  84. 
Royal  Leader,  249. 
Royal  Marshal,  300. 
Royal   Nonpareil,    514. 
Royal   Pirate,   Imp.,   72. 
Royal  Type,   545. 
Royal  Violet,  588. 
Rule,  Col.  H.  T.,  185. 
Runft,  E.  W.,  483. 
Russell,  Robert  &  Son,  220,  477. 
Rutledge,  E.  H.,  112,  113,  567. 
Ryan,   Matthew,  39. 
Sales,  Auction,  1919,  631,  632, 

633. 
Salter,  Park  E.,  145,  176,  258. 


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Salter,  Park  E.,  Sale,  416,  446, 

591. 
Salter -Eobison    Sale,    145,    176, 

243,   280. 

Sanborn,  J.  P.,  53. 
Sanders,   A.    H.,    67,    68,    187. 
Sandoval,  130. 
Sands,  T.  J.,  180,  246,  426. 
Sanford,  L.  V.,  518. 
Sanquhar   Sultan,  570. 
Sarcasm,  486. 
Satin  Eoyal,  431. 
Sayre,  Paul  G.,  291. 
Sayre,  W.  J.,  13,  120,  180,  288. 
Schoepflin,  H.  M.,  120,  529. 
Scholz  Bros.,  238. 
Scholz,   C.   A.,   227,   238. 
Schwartz,   E.   E.,   622. 
Scofield,  Frank,   145. 
Scotch   Cumberland,    200,    273. 
Scotch  Lord,  364. 
Scotland's  Charm,  100. 
Scott    Jr.,   119. 
Scottish  Chief,  71,  72,  90. 
Scottish   Emperor,   75,   76,   107. 
Scottish  Prince,   122. 
Scottish   Viceroy,    326. 
Searchlight    Bloom,    353. 
Seaton,  John  A.,  136. 
Secret  Archer,  110,  120. 
Secret  Airdrie,  217. 
Secret    Baron,    326. 
Secret  Hampton,   628. 
Secret   Prince,    379. 
Secret  Eobin,  377,378,384,500. 
Secret    Sentry,    528. 
Secret  Sultan  2d,  471. 
Secret's  Sultan,  300. 
Select  Goods,  619. 
Sempstress,    497. 
Seyb  Bros.  &  French,  550. 
Shafer,   E.    C.,   463. 
Shakers,  The,  20. 
Shannon,  Harry,  312. 
Shannon  Hill  Farm,  Sale,  37. 
Shannon  Hill  Herd,  34. 
Shelton,    Prof.    E.    M.,    70,    71, 

174. 

Sherwood,   John   W.,  411. 
Shorthorn  Breeders  by  Counties, 

197. 

Shorthorn  Cattle,  Sanders,  187. 
Shorthorns,  Disposition  of,  9, 10. 


Shorthorns,  First  in  Northwest 

Kansas,   51. 
Shorthorns,  First  for  Barton 

County,  45. 
Shorthorns  for  Baby  Beef,  13, 

289. 
Shorthorns  for  Beef  and  Milk, 

8,   11,    137,    194. 
Shorthorns  in  Kansas,   1857  to 

1880,  20. 
Shorthorns  in  Kansas,   1880   to 

1920,  60. 

Shorthorns,    Introducing,    5. 
Shorthorns,    Minor    Operations, 

53. 
Shorthorns  on  Beef  Market,  12, 

13,  16. 

Shorthorn  Organizations,  174. 
Shorthorns,  Eecord  Price,  7,  8. 
Shorthorn  Eeview,  1810  to  1857, 

18. 
Shorthorn   Show  S.  E.   Kansas, 

496. 

Shorthorn  Show  Steers,  15,  16. 
Shorthorns,    Universal    Adapt- 
ability, 10. 

Shorthorn  World,  The,  188. 
Shorthorn   Pedigrees,    149-173. 

What    is    a    pedigree?,    149. 

The  seller's  duty,   149. 

Early   pedigrees,    151. 

Early    controversies,  - 152. 

Unfashionable    crosses    1850 
to    1890,    154. 

English  Herd  Book  rule,  156. 

Scotch,  156. 

Origin  of  term,  Scotch,  157. 

Breeders   of    Scotch    cattle, 
158. 

Scotch    Shorthorns,     159. 

Scotch  stands  for  a  type,  160. 

A  contrast,   161. 
Scotch    or    Scotch   topped,    161. 

Straight  Scotch,  164. 

Outer  osses,    165. 

Fads  and  discriminations,  166. 

True  worth  only  in  merit,  167. 

Paying   high   prices,    168. 

Where   the    danger   lies,    169. 

What    is    a    good    pedigree? 
169. 

Value  of  the  pedigree,  170. 

Plain  bred,  the  term,  172. 


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Shotwell,   S.   L.,   53. 

Shulz,  O.  E.  E.,  351. 

Sickles,  J.  W.  &  Sons,  322. 

Silk   Goods,   230,   407. 

Silver   Dale,   526. 

Silverheel,    321. 

Silvermine,   110,   111,   122,  606, 

607. 

Silver  Plate,  228. 
Simonson,  Walter,   381. 
Simpson,   V.   O.,   533. 
Sir  Charming  4th,  128. 
Sir   Edelweiss,   508. 
Sister   Susie,   Imp.,   446. 
Slavens,   Dr.   H.   G.,   135,   205. 
Smith,  E.  C.,  181. 
Smith,  E.  C.  &  Son,  450. 
Smith,    Eousseau    &    Son,    351, 

565. 

Sni-A-Bar  Farm,   12,  37,   177. 
Snodgrass,   W.   J.,   119. 
Snowball,  367. 
Snowflake,    116. 
Snowstorm,   249. 
Snyder,  Col.  John  D.,  186. 
Sobba,   Henry,   215. 
Sobke,  Joseph  J.,  461. 
Soil    Fertility,    5. 
Sowers,  A.   G.,   287. 
Spencer,  C.  A.,  181. 
Spexarth,  B.  J.,  576. 
Spiraea,  79,  84. 
Springbrook  Farm,   596. 
St.  Albans,  Imp.,  45. 
St    Glair,   74. 
St.  Valentine  12th,  135. 
Staley,  C.  G.,  212. 
Standish,   E.   K.,   297. 
Stanley,  Miss  M.  V.,  181,  287, 

376,  500. 

Star   Goods,    103,   597,   599. 
Star  Shorthorns,  174. 
State  Assn.  Sale,  176,  177,  178. 
Stegelin,    Ed,    391. 
Stephenson,    H.    C.,    119,    120, 

529. 

Stevens,  J.  Frank,  212. 
Steward,  Arthur,   404. 
Stewart,   Dr.   E.   A.,   127,  550. 
Stockstill,  J.  B.,  115. 
Stodder,   J.    F.,    107,    109,    119, 

280,  381). 
Stodder,  J.  F.,  Dispersion,  603. 


Stone,  J.  C.  Jr.,  63,  128. 

Stone,  T.  F.,  441. 

Stratton,    H.   A.,   49. 

Stunkel,  E.  L.,  331,  597. 

Stunkel,    Henry,    102. 

Stunkel   Sale,   285. 

Sullivan  Bros.,   210. 

Sultan,  569. 

Sultan  of  Anoka,  552. 

Sultan   Seal,   526. 

Sultan's  Champion,  559. 

Sultan's  Marvel,   619. 

Sultan's  Pride,   334,   552. 

Sultan's  Eobin,   218. 

Sultan's  Eose,   142. 

Sunnier  County,  633. 

Sunnyblink   9th,   Imp.,   218. 

Superior  Eosedale,  400. 

Supies,  Col.,  86. 

Supreme,   278. 

Swain  Bros.  &  Bates,  52. 

Sweet  Carmine,  301. 

Sweet  Fragrance,  Imp.,  280. 

Sweet  Mistletoe,  108,  490. 

Swinney,  I.   L.,  497. 

Swinton  Liberty,  Imp.,  227. 

Sycamore  Chunk,  602. 

Sycamore  Marshal,  433. 

Sycamore  Spiraea,  486. 

Sycamore  Prince,  229. 

Symns  Bros.,  16. . 

Syringia,   108. 

Taylor,  A.  H.  &  Son,  388. 

Taylor,  B.  L.  &  Son,  465,  468. 

Taylor,   C.   W.,   105,   328. 

Taylor  E.  E.,  256. 

Taylor,  J.  H.  &  Sons,  73,  124, 

335. 

Taylor,  John,  105. 
Tebo  Lawn,  216. 
Tennyson,  A.  A.,  130,  232,  539. 
Tennyson,    D.,    130. 
Thisler,  O.  L.,  124. 
Thistletop,  Imp.,  71,  90,  91. 
Thomas,  G.  O.,  390. 
Thomas,   Jameison   &    Mitchell, 

111,  112,  115,  610. 
Thomason,   Alex,   505. 
Thomas  Young  Marys,   111. 
Thompson,  J.  E.,  115. 
Thorn,    J.    C.,    309,    380. 
Thome,  Sam'l,   19. 
Tippin,   A.   J.,   219. 


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